Space
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SpaceAugustine Panel Weighing NASA Rocket Options With Ares In Mix
By Emelie Rutherford The panel reviewing NASA’s human-spaceflight equipment and missions for President Obama could lay out options for continuing to develop Ares launch vehicles and using them with alternatives […]
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ATK’s Ares I Delivering On Schedule, Budget And Technical Performance
By Ann Roosevelt ATK [ATK], prime contractor on the Ares I rocket that will loft the Orion space capsule into orbit, maintains the program cost, schedule and technical performance are […]
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Northrop Grumman Delivers Final First Stage Rocket Under ICBM Program
Northrop Grumman NOC] said yesterday that it had delivered last month the final, first stage solid rocket motor for the Minuteman ICBM under the Propulsion Replacement Program. Remanufacturing of the […]
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Pension Costs Hit Lockheed Martin’s Earnings But Still Top Expectations
Lockheed Martin LMT] recently reported a mixed bag of second quarter financial results, with earnings falling as expected due to higher pension expenses despite an increase in sales. The company’s […]
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Army Future Missile System Successful In Moving Target Interception Test
Netfires LLC, a joint Raytheon RTN]-Lockheed Martin LMT] venture, recently said it completed the first moving target test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS LS) Precision Attack Missile […]
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Shipbuilding Charges, Pension Expenses Drag Down Northrop’s Earnings
By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman NOC] recently said that second quarter earnings fell due to a pension adjustment combined with additional charges related to shipbuilding operations, although the company maintained […]
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Raytheon Tops Earnings Expectations, Increases 2009 Guidance
Raytheon RTN] recently posted strong second quarter earnings amid modest sales gains driven by growth and improved performance. Net income increased 15 percent to $489 million, $1.23 earnings per share […]
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Despite Cuts, Missile-Defense Advocates See Silver Lining In Budget Debate
Missile-defense advocates in Congress have failed so far to halt President Obama’s proposed $1 billion-plus cut to such defenses, but have garnered support for continuing near-term work on U.S. interceptors […]
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Partial Success For Arrow Weapon System Intercept Test
A planned July 22 intercept test of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) was partially successful, though a Arrow II interceptor was not launched for reasons now under investigation, the Missile […]
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Air Force Accepts Second SBIRS HEO System For Operations, Lockheed Martin Says
The Air Force has accepted the second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and ground system modifications for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), prime contractor Lockheed Martin LMT] said last […]