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| 11.17.2008 |
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Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Would Devastate U.S. 
A rogue state or terrorists could launch an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States that would kill more Americans than a nuclear strike on a major city, but an EMP attack on the homeland could be defeated with a missile defense system, a...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Sensors Tested On BMDS Launched From Vandenberg
Multiple sensors in ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) were linked as they participated in a test, tracking a strategic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. Participants included...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Chinese Hackers Break Into White House Computers
Cyber warriors in China repeatedly hacked into an unclassified White House computer network, stealing data before IT experts patched the system to fix the breach, the Financial Times reported. China has developed a formidable army of cyber warriors that, in a...
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| 11.03.2008 |
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Space Junk Reentering Atmosphere May Strike Earth
A hefty, unneeded component that astronaut Clay Anderson last year heaved off the International Space Station now is coming down to Earth, with reentry and an impact area unknown. The object, an ammonia-filled cooling unit, is about the size of a...
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| 10.27.2008 |
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Analyst To Obama: Airborne Laser, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Critically Needed
While Democrats may be tempted to cut defense spending and redirect funds to programs propping up a weakened economy, it would be a disastrous mistake to slash funding for ballistic missile defense programs, especially those that kill enemy missiles in their...
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| 10.27.2008 |
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Nation Unprepared For Biological Attack
In Seven Years Since Anthrax Attacks, Much Is Undone In Countering Biological Threat; Prevention, Response Needed Multiplicity Of Sensor Systems Available, But No Decision Made On Which To Buy Seven years after deadly anthrax attacks along the Eastern...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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ITAR Dilemma: Finding The Balance Between Regulation And Profit
America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small suppliers maintain that the primary problem is the International...
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| 06.17.2008 |
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U.S. General Calls for Greater Space Cooperation
[Satellite News – 6-17-08] Space situational awareness is one of the key issues that countries around the world have to work on throughout the next 10 years in terms of improving the space landscape, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton...
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| 05.19.2008 |
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Spain Raises Space Ambitions
[Satellite News – 5-19-08] Spain is getting serious about space, with plans to launch a pair of its own satellites in the next few years to improve its capabilities. “After several years participating in multinational space programmes, we feel we...
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| 09.25.2007 |
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PCI Ready To Head From Desert To Floodplains
After four years in Iraq providing both the U.S. government and the provisional Iraqi government with satellite telecommunications systems, Proactive Communication Inc. (PCI) is ready to expand its reach in the United States, according to the company's CEO...
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| 08.07.2007 |
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Executive Q&A: TCS Satellite Services Director Discusses WWSS
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) is one of six prime contractors in the U.S. Army's $5 billion Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract awarded in 2006. The contract provides users with a single-source, turnkey, rapid-response solution for U.S...
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| 06.25.2007 |
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Boeing, Lockheed Teams Face Approaching Deadline For U.S. Air Force's RFP On TSAT Space Segment
The U.S. Air Force has issued a July 30 deadline for its final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, a program that will provide the warfighter with a secure, interoperable...
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| 05.14.2007 |
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Remote-Imaging Experts Dismiss NGA Director's General Concerns
Assertions made last week by the director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that some censorship of satellite imagery might be necessary for national or military defense stirred questions among experts of whether such restrictions...
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| 04.23.2007 |
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Lockheed CEO Stevens: U.S. Risks Ceding Space Leadership Without Increased Funding, Emphasis
The United States risks losing its military dominance in space and its preeminence as an explorer if more funding is not provided for programs in the void beyond Earth, Robert Stevens, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. said. "Put...
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| 04.16.2007 |
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Intelsat To Test Internet Routing In Space For Department Of Defense
In a program designed to provide Internet protocol (IP) services to warfighters and other military personnel anytime and anywhere, the U.S. Department of Defense unveiled April 11 a public-private program to test Internet Routing In Space (IRIS). Managed by...
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| 04.16.2007 |
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Intelsat Working To Halt Unauthorized Satellite Use
Intelsat officials met with Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States April 10 to discuss how to stop unauthorized use of an Intelsat satellite by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a terrorist group based in Sri...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Scanning Borders And Seas Via Satellite
Satellites play a critical role in domestic and international homeland security operations. To maintain secure borders, around-the-clock surveillance is required, and monitoring what flows across borders and approaches a country’s shores requires...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Satellites Ready to Alert and Warn
The cluster of storms that left a path of destruction across central Florida in early February again brings into focus the true status of alerts and warning systems throughout the United States. Many states have been in the process of adding an additional...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Fix The National Guard Bandwidth Gap
The National Guard Empowerment Act of 2007 was introduced in both the House and Senate (S 430 & HR 718) at the end of January. There are several important provisions to this legislation, including the fact that it seeks to give the National Guard Bureau...
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| 01.18.2007 |
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BAE Systems To Head DARPA Development Project
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen BAE Systems to lead a team of 10 companies in the next...
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