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ILS Proton Successfully Launches Ciel II Satellite
December 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan --- International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Ciel II satellite into space for the Ciel Satellite Group of Canada today on Russias premier heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Proton Breeze M.>> This was the sixth launch of the year, and 49th overall, for ILS
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Military Launches Most Complex Missile Defense Test to Date
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The military today shot down a mock enemy missile, employing a synchronized network of sensors in what officials called the largest and most complex test of the missile defense system to date.>> A mock target missile was fired from Kodiak, Alaska, at 3:04 p
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ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 1M Satellite
November 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan --- A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully lifted the ASTRA 1M satellite into orbit today, marking the fifth mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).>> The Proton vehicle lifted off from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome at 2:44 a
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U.S. Department of Defense Agency Selects Verizon Business for Data and Voice...
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBASKING RIDGE, N.J
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Key Flight Software Delivered for Missile Warning Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin
October 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSUNNYVALE, Calif. --- Lockheed Martin has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program
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Officials Outline Challenges, Needs at Logistics Conference
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --- About 1,200 logisticians gathered at the National Logistics Officer Association Conference Oct. 13 through 16 to learn Air Force priorities, urgent warfighter needs and sustainment initiatives that will affect their profession
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Sea Launch Successfully Delivers Galaxy 19 to Orbit
September 25, 2008 @ 12:00 AMLONG BEACH, Calif. --- Early this morning, the Sea Launch Company successfully delivered the Galaxy 19 satellite to orbit from its ocean-based platform on the Equator
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STRATCOM Leader Charts Nuclear Path for American Military
September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. --- The U
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SAIC Awarded $19 Million Experimental Space Sensor Contract
August 6, 2008 @ 12:00 AMScience Applications International Corporation today announced it has received a subcontract from Orbital Sciences to deliver a wide-field-of-view sensor. The sensor will be integrated onto a geo-synchronous satellite that Orbital is building for SES AMERICOM
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AMERICOM Government Services to Host U.S. Air Force Payload
July 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMCLEAN, Va. --- Satellite solutions provider AMERICOM Government Services (AGS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the U
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Leonardo Flies Apache Competitor Aw249 Helicopter at ILA Berlin 2026 Airshow
Iran Insisting on “Dilution” of Uranium Within Its Territory in Potential Agreement...
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles