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Tracking Ballistic Missiles From 'Birth-to-Death'Pacific Range HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2011 Two recent Ballistic Missile Defense System-wide (BMDS) tests involving the Northrop Grumman-built Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites showed that the satellite system can successfully perform the ultimate mission for space-based missile defense sensors - full-course, or 'birth-to-death' tracking of a ballistic missile. "This is the first time a space-based sensor has tracked a ballistic missile through all phases of its flight, from launch, through midcourse and ... read more |
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  MLD Test Moves Navy A Step Closer To Lasers For Ship Self-Defense Marking a milestone for the Navy, the Office of Naval Research and its industry partner have successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship, which disabled a small ta ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers Record Number of Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles Raytheon Missile Systems business delivered a record number of Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles last year. The company's delivery of 366 ESSMs in 2010 more than doubled the previous year's total. " ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers First Phalanx to Republic of Korea Navy Raytheon has delivered the first Phalanx Close-In Weapon System to the Republic of Korea Navy for batch one of the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct commercial sale calls for the ... more | .. |
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 Boeing Receives Contract for SM-3 IIB Concept Design Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB (SM-3 IIB). This $41.2 million, 32-month contract is for the concept definitio ... more | .. |
  Third Phase of FBI's Next Gen ID System Begins The Lockheed Martin-led Next Generation Identification (NGI) team is beginning to fully develop and deploy a capability that will enhance the FBI's latent fingerprint matching accuracy and introduce ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Hits New Single-Day Endurance Flight Record The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle marked a new single-day flight record of 18 hours. U.S. Navy operators achieved the re ... more | .. |
  Gallium Nitride-Based Modules Set New 180-Day Standard For High Power Operation Northrop Grumman has set a new standard for its gallium nitride-based high power transmit/receive (T/R) modules by reliably operating them for more than 180 days during continuous high-power testing ... more |
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  NATO rejects French, British criticism A top NATO general has rejected criticism by France and Britain that the alliance needs to step up the fighting against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces. ... more | .. |
  Terror chief a target amid al-Qaida fears President Barack Obama's administration has posted a $5 million bounty on the head of Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri, one of the most dangerous figures linked to al-Qaida, amid reports Osama bin Laden is plotting a new offensive. ... more | .. |
  Brazil arms show offers partnership areas The four-day Latin America Aerospace and Defense 2011 trade show opened Tuesday with major international companies arrayed to compete for lucrative orders from host Brazil and other regional countries. ... more | .. |
  Afghan war hindering Pakistan's democracy The effect of the Afghan war on Pakistan is stunting the country's democratic development and economic prosperity, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said. ... more |
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 Saudis seek navy buildup to face Iran Saudi Arabia has recently shown interest in medium-sized U.S. warships as part of its naval buildup to counter Iran, particularly surface vessels capable of countering asymmetric and air threats. ... more | .. |
  Gulf states want Baghdad summit scrapped: Bahrain FM Gulf Arab states have demanded the cancellation of an Arab summit due in Baghdad next month, Bahrain's official BNA news agency quoted the foreign minister as saying on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Powers want Kadhafi out with means unclear World leaders meeting in Doha on Wednesday want Libya's defiant leader Moamer Kadhafi out of power but the means remain unclear four weeks into a campaign of air strikes. ... more | .. |
  US moots 'negotiated' plan for Iranian camp in Iraq The United States said Tuesday it is ready to help Iraq find a negotiated plan for an Iranian opposition camp in which the dissidents there could "conceivably" end up in a third country. ... more |
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SFL Missions Inc. Secures CSA Contract for HAWC Satellite Concept Study
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
How life's building blocks formed on early Earth examined through polyester protocell formation limits | .. |
 Chinese navy less assertive in 2011: US admiral A top US officer said Tuesday that China's navy has adopted a less aggressive stance in the Pacific in recent months after protests from Washington and other nations in the region. ... more | .. |
 Nine dead, including four police, in Iraq attacks Nine people were killed, including four policemen, from violence in and around Baghdad on Tuesday, security and hospital sources said. ... more | .. |
 PA largely ready to govern state: UN The Palestinian Authority is now largely ready to govern a state, the office of the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process said in a report on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Armenia agrees longterm Russian army presence Armenia's parliament on Tuesday ratified a deal to allow Russian troops to remain in the country for more than 30 years, boosting Moscow's military influence in the strategic South Caucasus region. ... more |
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 NATO must intensify strikes, Kadhafi needs to go: Britain British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged NATO allies on Tuesday to intensify military operations against the Libyan regime and called on Moamer Kadhafi to step down. ... more | .. |
 Australian women destined for frontline combat Australian women could soon be given the right to fight and die for their country by serving in frontline combat positions, Defence Minister Stephen Smith said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan jets practise landing on motorway The Taiwanese air force used a closed-off motorway as a runway on Tuesday in a rare drill simulating a Chinese surprise attack that had wiped out its major airbases. ... more | .. |
 World's major emerging powers to meet in China The world's major emerging powers - Brazil, Russia, India and China - welcome South Africa into their fold this week at a summit in China that will seek to give developing nations greater global clout. ... more |
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Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
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Amnesty: Iraq must stop using force on protesters Iraqi authorities must stop intimidating and using lethal force against peaceful protesters demanding reforms, jobs, better services and an end to corruption, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Drone 'friendly fire' kills two US troops: officials A drone missile strike killed a US Marine and a Navy corpsman last week by mistake, in what appeared to be the first instance US troops had been killed in a "friendly fire" incident involving an unmanned aircraft, defense officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 NATO chief diplomats meet as Libya endgame elusive NATO foreign ministers hold talks on Libya this week with no end in sight to the conflict despite an intense bombing campaign against Moamer Kadhafi's forces. ... more | .. |
 Killers target Iraq's ravaged elite again The recent murder of an Iraqi surgeon and a university researcher indicates that insurgents are again assassinating scientists, doctors and academics, even as those who survived an earlier wave of attacks are starting to return from exile to help rebuild their country. ... more |
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 British sailor in court over shooting death on nuke sub A British sailor appeared in court on Monday accused of murdering a fellow seaman and the attempted murder of three other crew in a shooting on board a nuclear-powered submarine. ... more | .. |
  Iran to build '4 to 5' research reactors: report Iran will continue enriching uranium to 20 percent level to fuel "four to five" nuclear research reactors it intends to build in the "next few years," a top official told the ISNA news agency Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says Iran mujahedeen must leave by year end Iraq said on Monday that the exiled Iranian opposition group People's Mujahedeen of Iran must leave the country by the end of this year, after a deadly weekend assault on the PMOI's base. ... more | .. |
 Ishihara re-elected Tokyo governor in post-quake vote Shintaro Ishihara, famous for his often provocative nationalistic remarks, won a fourth term as Tokyo governor Sunday in local elections dominated by last month's massive disaster in Japan. ... more |
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