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Reusable Military Spaceplane Tops DARPA Wishlist
Feb 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
For the second year in a row, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's highest funded project is a reusable military spaceplane. For 2017, DARPA requeste...
How Russia Can Counter the US's New 'Miracle Weapons'
Feb 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
Last week, The Washington Post ran an op-ed entitled "The exotic new weapons the Pentagon wants to deter Russia and China." Pentagon officials, the piece explai...
Airbus DS develops partnerships for military satcom services in Asia Pacific
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space is working with local service providers to develop new partnerships to deliver highly resilient Skynet military satellite communication...
French military upgrading command info systems
Feb 17, 2016 (UPI)
France is replacing the separate command information systems of its Army and Navy with a single harmonized system for force interoperability. The work commissio...
Philippines orders Harris tactical radios
Feb 16, 2016 (UPI)
Harris Corporation is supplying tactical vehicular radios and handheld radios to the Armed Forces of the Philippines under a $12 million contract. In addition t...
Pentagon rolls out FY 2017 space budget
Feb 13, 2016 (AFNS)
Air Force leaders met with the media to discuss specifics of the service's fiscal year 2017 space budget at the Pentagon Feb. 11. Winston A. Beauchamp, the depu...
SMC celebrates successful launch of Delta IV with NROL-45 spacecraft
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) rocket successfully delivered a satellite to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office early Wednesday after ...
SecAF, CSAF testify on FY 2017 AF posture
Feb 12, 2016 (AFNS)
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal yea...
United Launch Alliance launches NROL-45 payload
Feb 10, 2016 (UPI)
The United Launch Alliance completed its NROL-45 payload launch for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of a national defense mission. The NROL-45 pay...
The eyes in the sky over North Korea
Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)
Global concerns over North Korea's latest nuclear test and long-range rocket launch have shone a spotlight on the perennial, high-tech game of hide-and-seek pla...
US Air Force Bolsters Space Defense to Counter Russian, Chinese 'Threats'
Feb 04, 2016 (Sputnik)
As global powers prepare for the increased role of outer space in future conflicts, the US Air Force has announced the creation of a new team whose sole purpose...
Battlefield communications program reaches 100,000 combat hours
Feb 03, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force's Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program reached 100,000 combat hours in over seven years of service. BACN provides deployed warfig...
SecAF testifies on military space launch
Jan 29, 2016 (AFNS)
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology an...
Kendall Describes Novel Way of Contracting for Space-Launch Services
Jan 29, 2016 (AFNS)
The undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics described a novel concept to acquire access to space during his testimony to the Senate ...
China's progress in developing hypersonic weapons unsettles Pentagon
Jan 25, 2016 (Sputnik)
Although Beijing has repeatedly stated that its efforts to modernize its military are aimed strictly at boosting China's defense capabilities, US military offic...
US-EU work on weapons in space 'not as successful' as hoped
Jan 25, 2016 (Sputnik)
The US government's work with EU member states and other international partners on addressing the issue of weapons in space has fallen short of expectations, Un...
China's secret plan to use the force of 'Star Wars'
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
A long time ago in a country far, far away, Chinese authorities managed to obtain a copy of America's ultimate cultural weapon, a blockbuster movie with enough ...
Russia Testing New Generation Missile Warning Satellite
Jan 10, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia will orbit a second new generation satellite in 2016 to keep a closer eye on ballistic missile launches anywhere in the world, the Defense Ministry said,...
IHS, Airbus D/S team for intel sector products
Jan 08, 2016 (UPI)
IHS Aerospace, Defense and Security, an open source intelligence analysis company, has partnered with Airbus Defense and Space to provide satellite intelligence...
Acquisition Woes Delay DoD Technology Upgrades
Jan 07, 2016 (SPX)
On Oct. 25, 2008, the Navy commissioned the USS New Hampshire, a Virginia-class submarine, eight months ahead of schedule and $54 million under budget for the N...
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