Space
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SpaceSatellite-Based Earth Observation Market Entering Phase of Impressive Growth
According to NSR’s new report, “Global Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO),” the EO industry is in the midst of a significant growth phase slated to generate revenues for many segments of […]
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Northrop Grumman To Conduct Early-Intercept Work For MDA
By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency has ordered some additional early-intercept demonstration experiments from Northrop Grumman [NOC] that will put to use technologies developed for the company’s recently terminated […]
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Senate Poised To Grant Early Endorsement of Obama Missile Defense Plan
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate was poised last week to approve a Pentagon money shift that would amount to one of lawmakers’ first endorsements of President Barack Obama’s new European […]
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P&W Successfully Tests Thruster for Unmanned Lunar Lander
Using technology developed for the nation’s ballistic missile defense system, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne [UTX] successfully completed hot-fire thruster tests demonstrating the ability of miniaturized thrusters to perform the descent […]
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Navy Demonstrates Tomahawk Anti-Jam Capability Against Time-Critical Targets
The Navy earlier this month demonstrated the effectiveness of the Tomahawk Block IV’s new anti-jam GPS system during an operational test, the service said. The Tomahawk Block IV was launched […]
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Lockheed Martin To Absorb JASSM Retrofit Costs, Air Force Says
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) will not suffer from cost overruns resulting from faulty components discovered in testing last year, the Air Force program […]
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Raytheon’s SM-3 On Target In Latest Test
By Geoff Fein Wednesday’s latest test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) continued to demonstrate the success of Raytheon‘s [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM- 3), and was the second positive […]
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NASA Moon Rocket Launched Successfully
By Marina Malenic After a day-long weather-related delay, NASA Oct. 28 launched a next-generation moon rocket that could replace the Space Shuttle. At 1130 EST, the 177-foot-tall Ares I-X took […]
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Japan/U.S. Missile Defense Flight Test Success
By Ann Roosevelt Japan and the U.S. Missile Defense agency (MDA) Oct. 28 announced the successful intercept flight test of an Aegis Ballistic Missile (BMD) in cooperation with the U.S. […]
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Lockheed Martin Lands $1 Billion MDA Contract For Aegis BMD
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1 billion contract for continued development and evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System, the company […]