Space
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SpaceATK Awarded $100 Million Contract for Trident II Solid Rocket Propulsion
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] has received a $100 million contract from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the Navy’s Trident II (D-5) Fleet […]
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Space
AAI’s ESL Defence Sells 500th Baringa Missile Warning System Test Set
AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron [TXT] said Nov. 10 that its United Kingdom (U.K.) based strategic business ESL Defence Ltd. has sold its 500th Baringa Missile Warning System […]
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Space
STRATCOM Chief: Space Budget Should Bolster Proven Capabilities
By Marina Malenic The United States should put more of its military space budget toward creating greater redundancy in its proven space systems, rather than counting on next-generation capabilities that […]
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Space
JSOW ER Meets All Test Objectives In First Flight Demonstration
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] and the Navy successfully flight tested the extended range variant of the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW ER) earlier this month off the California coast, […]
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Space
LM-Built GPS Satellite Achieves 10 Years Of On-Orbit Operations
The third Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-3) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide significantly improved navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has […]
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Space
ITT Picked to Build Advanced Imaging Systems for Japanese Satellites
ITT [ITT] announced Nov. 2 that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan’s largest satellite manufacturer, has selected ITT Space Systems to build the imaging systems for two geostationary satellites being built for […]
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Space
Raytheon To Continue Three-GIRS Development
By Marina Malenic Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $46 million, 25-month contract modification to make its missile early-warning Third-Generation Infrared Sensor (Three-GIRS) flight-ready. “Under the modification we’ve been awarded, […]
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Space
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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Space
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. […]