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DARPA Seeks Technology to Radically Improve Dismounted Squad Situational Awareness, Communication Effectiveness
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Success on the battlefield requires warfighters to know as much as possible about themselves, their surrounding environment and the potential threats around the...
STRATCOM strives to build coalitions for space operations
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Recognizing the value of multinational coalitions for operations in the land, maritime and air domains, officials at U.S. Strategic Command here hope to forge a...
Atlas 5 rocket powers clandestine satellite launch
May 22, 2013 (UPI)
Private space company United Launch Alliance launched its Atlas 5 rocket Thursday morning, carrying with it one of the United States' newest spy satellites -- t...
NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission Practices New Satellite-Servicing Tasks
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
With a historic robotic refueling demo ticked off its checklist, NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) put down the hose and picked up the screwdriver and util...
Recent events highlight risks from orbiting space junk
May 04, 2013 (UPI)
Empty space. In discussions of things astronomical, the term pops up so often it's gone beyond cliche. "A voyage into empty space." "Across the vastness of empt...
Global experts agree action needed on space debris
May 01, 2013 (ESA)
There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris and to fly satellites in the future without creating new fragments, Europe's largest-ever space-debris c...
Focus on growing threat of space debris
Apr 19, 2013 (ESA)
The continuing growth in space debris poses an increasing threat to economically vital orbital regions. Next week, hundreds of top experts from across the globe...
Vandenberg focuses on people, mission during DoD budget cuts
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
Under sequestration, signed into law as part of the 2011 Budget Control Act, installations across the Air Force made reductions to conform to the $85 billion ma...
Space debris said a rising threat to economically important satellites
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
An ongoing increase in space debris poses a rising threat to economically vital orbital regions, say scientists gathering for a European forum on the issue. Con...
Wing adopts new space surveillance mission
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
The 21st Operations Group assumed the Cobra Dane radar mission at Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska, April 1, and takes responsibility for contract a...
Critical missions continue after SIDC restructure
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
Critical Air Force missions continue from their current locations after a restructure of Air Force Space Command's Space Innovation and Development Center at Sc...
Lockheed Martin-built Infrared Surveillance Satellite Launched
Mar 19, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force's second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was successfully launch...
Combat Ops Space Cell: Defending critical satellite links
Mar 13, 2013 (AFNS)
More than 22,000 miles away, spinning silently through the vacuum of space, is one of the most critical components to air, space and cyberspace superiority toda...
USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Next Set of Infrared Surveillance Satellites
Mar 06, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $284.4 million fixed-price contract to procure long lead parts for the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orb...
DARPA's New TERN Program Aims for Eyes in the Sky from the Sea
Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)
Effective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, ...
Iran to Orbit New Home-Made Satellite
Feb 13, 2013 (FNA)
Iran plans to send a new home-made satellite into the space by the next few days, a senior Iranian space research official announced on Saturday. Addressing a g...
No comparison between space programs of two Koreas
Feb 01, 2013 (Yonhap)
The U.S. government made clear Thursday that it makes no sense to compare the rocket launches of the two Koreas. "You know our view that there is no basis for c...
Doubt Cast On Sir Bernard Lovell's 'brainwashing'
Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)
In this month's edition of Physics World, science writer Richard Corfield casts doubt on the alleged "brainwashing" of the late British astronomer Sir Bernard L...
Japan launches new satellites to boost surveillance
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
Japan Sunday launched two satellites to strengthen its surveillance capabilities, including keeping a closer eye on North Korea which has vowed to stage another...
Japan launching spy satellite to monitor North Korea
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
Japan is to launch a new spy satellite on Sunday to strengthen its monitoring capabilities amid concern that North Korea may carry out more missile and nuclear ...
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