Space
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SpaceP&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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STS-129 Launches on Logistics Mission to International Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched Nov. 16 on an 11-day mission to deliver 14 tons of supplies, science experiments and spare parts to the International Space Station as the outpost transitions […]
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STRATCOM Chief Warns of ‘Destabilizing’ Effects of Missile Defense
By Marina Malenic Expanding the U.S. missile defense program could inadvertently prompt nuclear proliferation on the part of countries like China, a top U.S. general warned recently. “We have to […]
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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 […]
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SES WORLD SKIES’ NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5
SES WORLD SKIES on Oct. 29 announced that the NSS-12 satellite successfully roared into space on-board an Ariane 5 ECA booster from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Approximately […]
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Eye of James Webb Space Telescope Marks Major Milestone
The telescope element of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), built by Northrop Grumman [NOC], has successfully passed a critical design review verifying it will perform as designed, and now […]
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Successful First Flight for Lockheed Martin’s New HELLFIRE II Missile Design
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] new multi-functional AGM-114R HELLFIRE II missile scored a direct hit during its first proof-of-principle (POP) flight test recently at Eglin Air Force Base, FL. “The multi-functional HELLFIRE […]