March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009

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MILITARY SPACE

Reaching for the Stars

By AMY BUTLER

MISSILE DEFENSE

Moving Targets

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,ROBERT WALL,DOUGLAS BARRIE

It's a Small World

By AMY BUTLER,GRAHAM WARWICK

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MILITARY SPACE

Reaching for the Stars

Pentagon ambitions for large, expensive satellites could be coming to an end

By AMY BUTLER

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MISSILE DEFENSE

Moving Targets

Europe sees missile defense progress irrespective of Pentagon's 'third site'

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA,ROBERT WALL,DOUGLAS BARRIE

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It's a Small World

Manufacturers beef up their businesses as U.S. military works with industry to develop smallsat standards

By AMY BUTLER,GRAHAM WARWICK

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MILITARY SPACE

The Right Attitude

Major satellite makers say experience allows them to compete for ORS

By MICHAEL MECHAM

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DEFENSE

Fighting Under Fire

What the Gaza experience does and doesn't reveal about IAF plans for future

By ROBERT WALL,DAVID A. FULGHUM

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MISSILE DEFENSE

Opportunity Knocks

Airborne Laser and KEI touted as new offerings for 'flexible' missile defense

By JOHN M. DOYLE

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DEFENSE

Scramjet Reality

Missile applications are in mind as scramjet-powered WaveRider is readied for ground and flight tests

By GUY NORRIS

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AEROSPACE BUSINESS

Global Contender

Beijing's new integrated defense supplier takes aim at world market

By BRADLEY PERRETT

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SPACE BUSINESS

Killer Apps

Rural broadband, 3DTV could sustain satcom's seemingly recession-resistant momentum

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Small Visions, Big Ideas

Nanosat makers dream of business prospects, even as they deal with reality

By MICHAEL MECHAM

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