Government/Military

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Raytheon Co., Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System’s (NPOESS) integrated program office completed another phase of compatibility testing for the NPOESS...

The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) ballistic missile interceptor system that can take out multiple enemy warheads passed a test recently, the Missile Defense Agency announced. Multiple warheads are a major...

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Norsat International Inc. reported increased revenues in its 2008 third quarter 2008 of $4.9 million, up from $3.8 million in 2007, Norsat announced Dec. 6. Net earnings...

Space Shuttle Endeavour may get a piggyback ride tomorrow on a specially modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet, which will take Endeavour back to Kennedy Space Center, NASA announced. The transfer...

Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD)...

Updated — December 4, 2008 – 4 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Dec. ** Mission: TacSat-3 Launch...

The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system successfully killed a target missile in a realistic test using multiple radars, showing that the Missile Defense Agency and its contractors have developed a...

Terrorist insurgents in Iraq have scores of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), a new report shows. In more than two years since October 2006, at least 121 SAMs have been discovered in...

Only Possibility Of Blocking Iranian Nukes Is That Israel Might Launch Military Strike European Missile Defense System Would Become Final Bulwark Against Nuclear Iran The United States has failed to...

The Iranian navy launched a medium-range "sea-to-sea" missile during naval exercises in the Sea of Oman, according to Iranian state radio. That Nasr-2 (Victory-2) weapon was launched from a battleship...