Showing posts with label Star wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star wars. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012

New Zealand to join U.S. backed WGS program

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WELLINGTON — The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is joining an international partnership that will give it guaranteed satellite communicat...

U.S. joins Europe in drive for code of conduct for outer space

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BRUSSELS — The European Union hopes to organize multilateral meetings this year leading to an international code of conduct for outer space...

Europe need financial backing for Missile Shield

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PARIS — Europe has technological capabilities it could contribute to NATO’s planned missile shield to protect European territory but a fina...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

U.S. Won't Adopt E.U. Code of Conduct for Space

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The United States will not adopt a European-written "code of conduct" for activities in space on the grounds that it is too restr...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Chinese Carrier Photographed During Sea Trials

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WASHINGTON - A satellite image of China's first aircraft carrier has been captured while the vessel was undergoing sea trials in the Ye...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Japan Launches Spy Satellite

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TOKYO - Japan launched a new spy satellite into orbit Dec. 12 amid concerns over North Korea's missile program and to monitor natural d...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

EDA To Set Up Pilot European Satellite Procurement Cell

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BRUSSELS - National defense ministers from 26 of the European Union's 27 member states (Denmark has an opt-out) have granted the Europe...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Lockheed To Demo Command System in Dubai

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Lockheed Martin was due this week to give a demonstration of its command-and-control product pitched in the ...
Saturday, August 6, 2011

Japanese Inventor Develops Flying Sphere Drone

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TOKYO - A Japanese defense researcher has invented a spherical observation drone that can fly down narrow alleys, hover on the spot, take o...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Japan, U.S. To Expand Missile Defense, Cyber Cooperation

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The United States and Japan pledged to continue working together on missile defense, cyber and space initiatives, as well as expan...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

Gates: New Weapons For 'Robust' US Role In Asia

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SINGAPORE - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday vowed the U.S. military would maintain a "robust" presence across Asia bac...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Lockheed: Little to No Damage from Cyberattack

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WASHINGTON - Major U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin said May 29 it was investigating the source of a major cyber-attack one w...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

U.S. Rolls Out Red Carpet for China Military Chief

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military will lay out the red carpet for China's military chief as Washington renews its effort to forge a defense...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Putin Sacks Russia's Space Chief

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MOSCOW - Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roskosmos, was fired from his post by Prime Minister Vladimir ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Europe's Earthcare space laser mission gets go ahead

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Europe's Earthcare satellite is unlikely to get into space before 2016 Europe ...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

India has technology to defend satellites: Saraswat

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India did not believe in space wars but had all the technology required to integrate systems to defend its satellites, V K Saraswat, Scienti...
Friday, February 4, 2011

China Developing Counterspace Weapons: DoD Deputy

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WASHINGTON - China is developing counterspace weapons that could shoot down satellites or jam signals, a Pentagon official said Feb. 4 as th...