Defense Daily :: Publications :: Space & Missile http://www.ddn.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 6:09:13 EDT HASC Calls For FFRDC Independent Boost Phase Missile Defense Study By Ann Roosevelt The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) and the Airborne Laser (ABL) should undergo independent scrutiny by a Federally Funded Research Development Center (FFRDC) "examining the costs and benefits of missile defense systems designed to... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2640.html Tue, 13 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT House Battle Begins This Week To Overturn Myriad Funding Cuts In Missile Defense Programs Authorization Bill Written By House Panel Cuts $719 Million From Missile Defense, Including European BMD, ABL, KEI, MKV Aegis, THAAD, Others, Would Gain Funds A battle will erupt Wednesday in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), where proponents of... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2625.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Mikulski To Seek $200 Million For NASA In Supplemental Funding Bill; Another $1 Billion To Be Sought In Regular Budget Nelson Urges $2 Billion Extra For NASA Spread Over Two Years: Fiscal 2009, 2010 NASA Struggling With Far More Missions Than Weak Funding Will Support: Experts As senators overseeing NASA authorizations for space exploration programs heard that the space... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2626.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT U.S. Lawmakers Urge Putting Radar In Israel, To Be Tied In With European Missile Defense Congressional Concerns Focus On New Missile, Nuclear Capabilities Emerging In A Hostile Iran Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in Israel that would be linked to a planned American missile defense... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2627.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT AIAA Seeks Changes In Military Technology Export Rules (ITAR) The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today alleged that U.S. rules restricting exports of American military technology are harming the U.S. aerospace industrial base, especially in satellite component sales. Further, the AIAA said the... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2628.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Report Says Perhaps China Can Be Persuaded To Ease Its Rapid Military Buildup A new report suggests that perhaps nations such as China can be dissuaded from any headlong rush to build a formidable force with a global military reach. The report was issued by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a Washington... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2629.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Analysis: House Provisions Would Facilitate Funding Cuts For ABL, KEI, European GMD Provisions in a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee defense authorization bill likely would provide ammunition for any legislators who might wish to cut funding for some ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs. Programs... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2630.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT House Panel Provides $631 Million For Army Missiles, Rockets The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) air and land forces subcommittee provided $631 million of authorizations for Army precision-guided missiles and rockets. That amount was contained in one portion of the... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2631.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA Gives Hensel Phelps Up To $263.8 Million For Mobile Launcher To Transport Ares I Rocket NASA gave Hensel Phelps a contract worth up to $263.8 million to build at least one, and perhaps two, 390-foot-tall mobile launchers that will transport the Ares I rocket to the launch pad and provide ground support for launches at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2632.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT First Galileo Navigation System Signal Transmitted By New Giove-B Satellite The European Galileo navigation system has begun operation with the initial signals being received from the newly-launched Giove-B navigation satellite, Astrium announced. Galileo will compete with the years-old U.S.-sponsored Global Positioning System. For... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2633.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA Tests J-2X Engine For Ares Rocket NASA engineers completed the first series of tests in early development of the J-2X engine that will power upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets. Ares rockets will loft the next-generation Orion spacecraft carrying astronauts into orbit starting in... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2634.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT India Tests Missile Capable Of Striking China India successfully tested an intermediate range (1,860 miles) Agni-III missile capable of striking Chinese targets such as... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2635.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Missions NOTE: NASA SOON WILL RESCHEDULE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE ATLANTIS LIFTOFF NOW SET FOR AUG. 28. SHUTTLE MISSIONS EACH WILL BE DELAYED ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS. A variety of vehicles, launch sites on both U.S. coasts, shifting dates and... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2636.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA, Japanese Aerospace Agency, To Study Sonic Boom Modeling NASA and Japanese aerospace authorities intend to conduct joint research on sonic boom modeling. Sonic boom modeling is one of the key technologies needed to enable a next generation supersonic aircraft... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2637.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Boeing Seeks Workers With Current NASA Experience For Mission Operations Tasks The Boeing Co. [BA] seeks workers in the Houston area with NASA mission operations experience. Those mission operations specialists would aid Boeing in its bid for a facilities development and operations contract (FDOC). Current mission support operations... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2638.html Mon, 12 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Democrats On House Panel Assail Obering, Missile Defense; Chairman Sees More Hearings, Plus A Report, Possible Ranking Republican Says Anti-BMD Hearing 'A Fraud' Obering Asks, If An Enemy Launches A Missile From An Unmarked Ship, How Could U.S. Forces Retaliate? Democratic legislators lacerated and lambasted the U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in a hearing... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2562.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Senate Panel Cuts $45 Million Each From ABL, KEI, $50 Million Each From STSS, Multiple Kill Vehicle, And All $10 Million Sought For Space Test-bed Panel Adds $350 Million To Transformational Satellite, $100 Million To Aegis, $115 Million To THAAD, And An Extra $28 Million To Short-Range BMD Bill Adds $30 Million For Follow-On To Israeli Arrow Missile Older, established missile defense programs would... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2563.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Expert Says North Koreans Showed Him Plutonium; He Says Regime Likely Has "A Few' Nuclear Bombs, And Fuel To Make Six To Eight More Weapons Analyst Asks Why Negotiate With A Nation That Cheats The good news is that North Korea is moving to disable its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, and it is open about its plutonium processing work, a nuclear expert declared after visiting the reactor and speaking... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2564.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Missile Defense Programs Little Mentioned As Critics Assail Pentagon Procurement Programs Missile and missile defense programs were little mentioned during a lengthy congressional hearing where some major defense procurement programs were flailed for being over budget, under performance goals and behind schedule. Because missile defense programs... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2565.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Report: Russian Nuclear Missile Submarine Patrols Down, But Russia Still Wields 5,200 Nuclear Warheads Russian Subs Now Carry About 20 Percent Of Russian Warheads, But New Gear Might Mean That Will Rise To 30 Percent Of Nukes New Chinese Nuclear Submarine Photographed At Pier Deterrence patrols by Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines declined... http://www.ddn.com/publications/smr/2566.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT