Space & Missile Defense Report
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House Defense Panel Proposes Air Force Create EELV Evaluation Plan
A key House panel is proposing requiring the Air Force to create and implement a plan to ensure the fair evaluation of contractors competing for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) […]
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Air Force Wrapping Up F-35 ‘Night Flights’
The Air Force is concluding a series of “night flights” at Edwards AFB, Calif., that test the F-35’s capability when flying in instrument meteorological conditions–when pilots have no external visibility […]
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[June 3, 2013]
// PDF View- Next Version Of Rolling Airframe Missile Undergoes Testing
- WGS-5 Satellite Preparing For Operations
- Air Force Successfully Test Launches Minuteman III ICBM
- Dems Will Challenge DoD’s MEADS Funding Likely In Full HASC Markup, Sanchez Says
- Strategic Forces Panel Wants Assessment Of MEADS Tech After Test
- House Defense Panel Proposes Air Force Create EELV Evaluation Plan
- Air Force Wrapping Up F-35 ‘Night Flights’
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Next Version Of Rolling Airframe Missile Undergoes Testing
The Navy has completed the first round of developmental and operational testing of the second block of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) intended to defend ships against anti-ship cruise missiles […]
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WGS-5 Satellite Preparing For Operations
Boeing [BA] May 24 said it has received the first on-orbit signals from the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite (WGS-5) it is delivering to the Air Force. The satellite is expected […]
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Air Force Successfully Test Launches Minuteman III ICBM
The Air Force successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., according to the service. The purpose of the launch was to validate and verify the […]
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Dems Will Challenge DoD’s MEADS Funding Likely In Full HASC Markup, Sanchez Says
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) said the Democrats will soon put forward an amendment during the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill process challenging the Defense Department’s funding of the final […]
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Strategic Forces Panel Wants Assessment Of MEADS Tech After Test
After a contentious period when congressional committees tried to kill the final stage of the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel wants […]
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Air ForceWGS-5 Launch Pushed To Today
The Air Force pushed the scheduled launch of its fifth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-5) from Thursday to today due to an issue associated with a ground support system helium […]