Space & Missile Defense Report
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Business/FinancialGates Says Defense Spending Cuts Are Inevitable In Big-Ticket Programs
Defense spending cuts in big-ticket procurement programs are inevitable, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned. The Department of Defense can’t continue indefinitely the spending increases of recent years, and Pentagon […]
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SpaceTwo Target Ground Vehicles Delivered
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) delivered two unmanned target ground vehicles to the Air Force Range Management Office at Luke Air Force Base. Additional unmanned target systems have been installed by […]
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CongressEffort Begun To Stop Iranian Missiles, Rockets From Being Smuggled Into Gaza Strip
President Obama told Israeli and other Middle East leaders that he is determined to stop weapons being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, where Hamas terrorists already have fired thousands of […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Names Space Official
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] named Scott A. Lee vice president of space systems for Northrop Electronic Systems. In his new position, Lee will have executive responsibility for all space systems […]
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Homeland Security
Integrated Battle Command System Completes Milestone: Raytheon
The Integrated Battle Command System [IBCS] completed a milestone, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. During the "System Functional Laydown" to the Army customer, Raytheon and its subcontractors presented a system software […]
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Business/Financial
SpaceX Donates Payload Space Aboard Rocket
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) donated experimental payload space aboard an upcoming flight of the Dragon spacecraft to support the Heinlein Trust Microgravity Research Competition. The winner’s experimental payload will […]
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Business/Financial
Standard Missile-2 Targeting Flight Tested In Intercept
The Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) target detecting system passed a test while executing the lowest altitude intercept thus far, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. That SM-2 Block IIIB system was tested by […]
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[January 26, 2009]
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- NASA Could Gain $1.5 Billion As Part Of $850 Billion Economic Stimulus Measure
- Vehicle-Mounted Laser Shoots Down UAV
- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Astronaut’s Wife, To Chair House NASA Oversight Panel
- Missile Defense Costs Projected To Rise; Peak Outlay In 2018 Up $1 Billion Over Year-Earlier
- Former Senior Aide With Missile Maker Backed To Become Deputy Pentagon Chief
- Effort Begun To Stop Iranian Missiles, Rockets From Being Smuggled Into Gaza Strip
- Northrop Grumman Names Space Official
- Integrated Battle Command System Completes Milestone: Raytheon
- SpaceX Donates Payload Space Aboard Rocket
- Standard Missile-2 Targeting Flight Tested In Intercept
- Sea Launch Will Orbit Intelsat 17 In Liftoff Coming Late Next Year
- Target Rocket Motor Passes Static Fire Test
- Ares 1-X Space Capsule Simulator Finished, Ready For Test Flight
- NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
- Starstreak Missile Gains U.K. Contract Worth $278.8 Million, MoD Announces
- Orbital To Build Satellite For Intelsat
- ATK Gains $55 Million AARGM Contract
- Teets To Receive Award; He Also Becomes Aerospace Corp. Board Chairman
- Higher-Speed Data Transfers Readied For Use On TSAT
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Business/Financial
Sea Launch Will Orbit Intelsat 17 In Liftoff Coming Late Next Year
Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite late next year, according to Sea Launch. This will be the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in […]
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Business/Financial
Target Rocket Motor Passes Static Fire Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted a static fire test of the propulsion system for its new strategic target. That two-stage launch vehicle, or LV-2, is part of the […]