http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:34:53 EDT SRA International [SRX] yesterday said it has acquired Interface & Control Systems, Inc., (ICS), a small provider of consulting services and software products to the defense and civil space markets, in a deal that expands its foothold in the space sector... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3198.html Thu, 3 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT If Seven Planes Cost $7 Billion, That Is 9 Percent Of 9/11 Damage In New York City Alone; $50,000-70,000 Per Missile Hit By ABL A Fraction Of Interceptor Cost Will Israel Be Interested In Purchasing ABL? The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3157.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Measure Reaffirms Vision Of Manned Exploration Of Moon, Mars; Study Ordered On Extending Shuttle Flights From 2010 To 2015; Added Shuttle Mission Provided For Flying AMS To Space Station Commercial Spacecraft Competition Seen By 2011; Deals With At Least Two... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3158.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Congress should counter veto threats from a stingy President Bush by passing a continuing budget resolution freezing NASA funding for half a year, and then pass a budget with spending increases after a new, hopefully more supportive president takes office in... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3159.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT President Bush is lifting sanctions on North Korea, even though he remains "deeply concerned" about the rogue nation as a bad actor. But some observers asked why a treacherous nation should be rewarded, and why the United States would trust the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3160.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Chinese Missiles Threaten U.S. Navy Ships U.S. Fails To Match Chinese Arms Buildup: Witness The immense Chinese military buildup continues to run at a breakneck pace, and it is difficult to see how it could be purely defensive, Air Force Maj. Gen. Philip M... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3161.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Backup Pad 39-B Found To Have Similar Deterioration, But Repairs Not Slated To Be Performed There: Briefers Damage to a flame trench at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center will be repaired before the next major mission, the launch of Space Shuttle... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3162.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lunar Craft Undergoes Checkout Prior To Mission A NASA spacecraft that will hit the moon has entered its final checkout phase, the space agency announced. The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, will take a significant step... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3163.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT L-3 Communications Gains $49 Million For Astronaut Training L-3 Communications [LLL] received a five-year, $49 million cost plus fixed fee contract from Johnson Space... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3164.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Raytheon Co. [RTN] completed a key satellite payload trade study with Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], the prime contractor for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), Raytheon announced. Results of the study may be used to enhance mission performance of... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3165.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Researchers have found what may be the biggest crater ever discovered in the solar system, covering about 40 percent of the Martian surface, according to NASA. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Global Surveyor have provided detailed information about... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3166.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Astronaut-teacher Barbara R. Morgan, who flew on Space Shuttle Endeavour last year and earlier was the backup to astronaut-teacher Christa McAuliffe, is leaving NASA to return to teaching. Also, astronaut James Reilly has left NASA to accept a position in the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3167.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA is moving to wind power -- solar wind, that is -- to propel vehicles through space. The system uses sunlight to propel vehicles through space. Engineers have successfully deployed a 20-meter solar sail system that uses an inflatable boom deployment... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3168.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite is in thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced today. The military communications satellite is in tests at the Lockheed facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif. The Air Force AEHF system... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3169.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Cost Of NPOESS, Once Seen At $6.5 Billion, Now Is $13.6 Billion, Headed For $14 Billion The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that once was estimated to cost $6.5 billion, and more recently was pegged at $12.5... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3063.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Missile Defense Agency Tests A Plane-Based Missile Defense System Obering Seeks U.S.-European Missile Defense Test Area; U.S., NATO Radar Systems Swap Data; More Links Seen Shifting interceptors for a proposed European Missile Defense (EMD) system from Poland... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3064.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Measure Also Includes $1.1 Billion For NOAA Satellites The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a sweeping appropriations bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, some $200 million more than President Bush requested for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3065.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT The House, on a lopsided and veto-proof 409 to 15 vote, passed a $20.21 billion authorization bill to support NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, including an extra $1 billion to reduce the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won't have any manned... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3066.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be launched first might slow progress in the program, Lt. Gen... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3067.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Global demand for space-based capabilities will continue its rapid growth, and the U.S. government should aid U.S. industry as it seeks business overseas, a Commerce Department official said. Ed Morris, director of the Office of Space Commercialization in the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/3068.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT