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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Employment Spotlight: Supervisory General Engineer (Missile Systems/Intel)


Supervisory General Engineer (Missile Systems/Intel)

This is a Federal employment position found at USAJOBS with the Vacancy Announcement Number: P09-026290-01-TDM. The closing date is December 28, 2009. The position is for a Supervisory General Engineer (Missile Systems/Intel) with the Defense Intelligence Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. The employee serves as Division Chief, Supervisory General Engineer, in the Ballistic Missile Technical Analysis Division, Office for Offensive Systems, Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), Directorate for Analysis (DI), Redstone Arsenal, AL.
- Exercises technical and administrative supervision over a staff responsible for the operation and management of S and TI analysis programs pertaining to foreign missiles. Establishes goals, objectives, and priorities and develops plans and projects to accomplish these efforts through effective and efficient business practices. Determines and allocates the...[continued]

Reference: usajobs.gov

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Predator drones hacked in Iraq operations


Predator drones hacked in Iraq operations
"...intercepted live video feeds from the U.S. military's Predator drones using a $25.95 Windows application that allows them to track the pilotless aircraft undetected. ..."
Reference: cnet.com
Additional References: SkyGrabber


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Iran missile test sends 'bad signal' to world


Iran missile test sends 'bad signal' to world
"...fired an improved version of its Sejil 2 medium-range missile, which it says can reach..."
Reference: www.canada.com

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

DeciBel Research Purchases SGI's ICE Cube


DeciBel Research Purchases SGI's ICE Cube
"...Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI: News ) announced that deciBel Research has purchased ICE Cube"..."
Reference: www.rttnews.com

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

NLOS-LS Team Uses Warhead to Defeat Stationary Target


NLOS-LS Team Uses Warhead to Defeat Stationary Target
"...WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., Dec. 1, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), completed a test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System's Precision Attack Missile using a warhead...."
Reference: www.deagel.com

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Monday, November 30, 2009

Missile Defense Value Must be Explained, Japanese FM Says


Missile Defense Value Must be Explained, Japanese FM Says
"...Under the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan has sought to build a missile defense system consisting of land-based Patriot Advanced Capability 3 interceptors and ship-based Standard Missile 3 systems as a hedge against an attack from North Korea. The missile shield, intended largely as a hedge against North Korea, is expected to be finished in 2011, Agence France-Presse reported...."
Reference: www.globalsecuritynewswire.org

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Critics call Poland Patriot missile plan a symbolic gesture


Critics call Poland Patriot missile plan a symbolic gesture
"...U.S. Army Europe officials were in Warsaw working on the agreement shortly before Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Poland last month in the wake of the White House decision to change the Bush administration’s missile defense plan. Biden reassured Polish leaders that the new plan — although scrapping putting long-range missile interceptors in Poland — did not leave the country out of the loop. And he announced that a U.S. Patriot missile battery of about 100 soldiers would soon arrive on Polish soil...."
Reference: www.stripes.com

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Lockheed Martin seeks opportunities in changes


Lockheed Martin seeks opportunities in changes
"...responsible for a number of Lockheed Martin operations based or managed in North Alabama, including supporting the MDA Targets and Countermeasures Program; North Alabama Operations, which includes the Battle Management Technology Center and Courtland production facility; and the company's pursuit of the MDA's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Operations and Sustainment contract. ..."
Reference: www.al.com

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Iran waits for Russian word on missile contract: Iranian minister


Iran waits for Russian word on missile contract: Iranian minister
"...Iran has not received official statements from Russia on the breaking of an agreement to transfer S300 missile defense systems to Tehran, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said today. He was commenting on information about Russia's refusal to provide the missiles, IRNA reported...."
Reference: en.trend.az

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Friday, November 13, 2009

U.S. Diplomat to Discuss Missile Defense With Czechs


U.S. Diplomat to Discuss Missile Defense With Czechs
"...Under the "third site" plan developed by the Bush administration, the Czech Republic would have hosted a large radar center while 10 long-range missile interceptors would have been deployed in Poland. The Obama administration now intends in coming years to deploy sea- and land-based versions of the Standard Missile 3 interceptor to counter what is seen as a growing threat from Iran..."
Reference: Missile Defensewww.globalsecuritynewswire.org

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Star Trek: D-A-C Now Available on PlayStation Network and Windows PC


Star Trek: D-A-C Now Available on PlayStation Network and Windows PC
"...The Missile Cruiser is a heavy artillery ship that features a longer range than any other ship in the game, but is vulnerable to close range attacks due to a low rate of fire and slower flight speed...."
Reference: ign.com

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Free Master's Degree in Computer Science ...and a salary

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Reference: federalemploymenttips.blogspot.com

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Kwajalein Marshall Islands, Land of Tomorrow



"...Kwajalein has become the splash-down and intercept launch site for the THAAD missile program, a current spin-off of Reagan-era Star Wars "Bright Pebbles" strategic planning. ..."
Reference: www.escapeartist.com

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Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work


Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work
"...Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, have asked Congress for $68.5 million to build an Aegis missile-defense test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western shores of Kauai...."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Boeing to lay off 69 local workers


Boeing to lay off 69 local workers
"...because of cuts to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program in the 2010 defense budget..."
Reference: www.al.com

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Raytheon lands $100M missile defense contract


Raytheon lands $100M missile defense contract
"...David’s Sling Weapon System, the joint program of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency..."
Reference: www.azbiz.com

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Drill to help US design missile shield


Drill to help US design missile shield
"...Results of the Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise staged by Israeli and American forces, which will come to an end this week, will be used by the US Defense Department to help formulate a new NATO missile shield..."
Reference: news.google.com

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai


Japanese destroyer intercepts test missile off Kauai
"...BARKING SANDS, Kauai >> JS Myoko, Japan's third destroyer equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, successfully intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile target above the atmosphere during a test today, Lockheed Martin..."
Reference: www.starbulletin.com

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Silos Get a Revamp at Fort Greely


Silos Get a Revamp at Fort Greely
"...The two senators offered different reactions to the plan, which they said calls for 14 completed silos in Missile Field 2.

Democratic Sen. Mark Begich said that number matches the original plans for Missile Field 2. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates earlier this year had announced plans to scale back the second field's expansion.

The new plan "is a welcome decision that will decrease the risk of the ever-evolving ballistic missile threats from rogue nations by increasing capacity required to defend the United States," Begich stated in a news release...."
Reference: begich.senate.gov

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Why Obama Is Wrong on Missile Defense


Why Obama Is Wrong on Missile Defense
"...President Obama’s recent decision to “overhaul” the Bush-era missile-defense shield for Europe was the most significant, but hardly the only, indication that the Obama national-security vision is skeptical of, and very likely actually hostile to, missile defense altogether. ..."
Reference: www.commentarymagazine.com

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Observatories gear up for Friday lunar crash


Observatories gear up for Friday lunar crash
"...the US Missile Defense Agency's Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite; nasa's Earth Observing-1 satellite;..."
Reference: www.msnbc.msn.com

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Missiles Help Launch Hispanic-Owned Company Above Economic Doldrums and into and SBA Award



Missiles Help Launch Hispanic-Owned Company Above Economic Doldrums and into and SBA Award
"...was a stellar year for the missile industry. Majority-owned by Puerto Rican-American Rey Almodovar, the Alabama-based defense contractor's revenue exploded in 2008, tripling to $43.4 million from $15.6 million in 2007. The 10-year-old company's good times continued this week,..."
Reference: www.hispanicbusiness.com
Ray Dunavant

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

A Quote by Hillary Rodham Clinton


A Quote by Hillary Rodham Clinton
"The Iranians must "present convincing evidence as to the purpose of their nuclear program. We don't believe that they can present convincing evidence, that it's only for peaceful purposes, but we are going to put them to the test," Clinton told..."
Reference: The Associated Press from the article Iran test-fires short-range missiles

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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Gates lashes out at critics of U.S. missile plan

Gates lashes out at critics of U.S. missile plan
"...Moscow had protested the Bush plan because it would be based in the Czech Republic and Poland. Leaders in the Czech Republic and Poland had found comfort in the Bush plan because they saw it as some protection against nearby Russia. ..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

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Russia Scraps Missile Deployment after Obama Cancels Missile Shield

Russia Scraps Missile Deployment after Obama Cancels Missile Shield
"...Russia says it has scrapped plans to deploy missiles in a region near Poland after U.S. President Barack Obama canceled plans for a missile defense system in Central Europe...."

Reference: www.voanews.com

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