Space & Missile Defense Report
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SMDR for Monday, Jan. 5, 2015
- Orbital Sciences Contracts With ULA For CRS Missions
- FAA Developing Its Own Space Situational Awareness Capability For Collision Avoidance
- NASA Delays First SLS Launch Until Roughly June 2018
- Atlas Launch of NRO Payload Scheduled For Thursday
- Air Force Delays NROL-35 Launch To Friday
- Northrop Grumman Delivers Fourth AEHF Communications Payload Ahead of Schedule
- Army Installs First Ground Based Sense And Avoid Radar At Fort Hood
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UncategorizedArmy Installs First Ground Based Sense And Avoid Radar At Fort Hood
The U.S. Army installed the first Ground-Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) system radar at Ford Hood, Texas, it said on Dec. 15. Fort Hood has two MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned […]
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Northrop Grumman Delivers Fourth AEHF Communications Payload Ahead of Schedule
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the fourth payload of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected military satellite to the AEHF prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] 4 ½ months […]
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Air Force Delays NROL-35 Launch To Friday
The Air Force pushed the Dec. 11 NROL-35 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to Dec. 12 due to weather, according to launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA). Launch […]
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Atlas Launch of NRO Payload Scheduled For Thursday
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload was scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Dec. 11, the […]
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NASA Delays First SLS Launch Until Roughly June 2018
NASA pushed back its Space Launch System (SLS) first launch goal to roughly June 2018 from its previous estimate of December 2017, a key official said Dec. 10. NASA Associate […]
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FAA Developing Its Own Space Situational Awareness Capability For Collision Avoidance
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in the early stages of creating its own space situational awareness (SSA) capability, much like the Defense Department’s Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission […]
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Orbital Sciences Contracts With ULA For CRS Missions
Orbital Sciences [ORB] said Dec. 9 it contracted with United Launch Alliance (ULA) for an Atlas V launch in the fourth quarter of 2015 with an option for a second […]
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SMDR for Monday, Dec. 8, 2014
- Navy Plans Expanding Vipersat COMSATCOM Technology In FY ’16
- Northrop Grumman Completed Integrated Baseline Review for EPS CAPS
- Lockheed Martin Completes Environmental Testing on Fourth MUOS Satellite
- Conferenced Authorization Bill Allows Use Of Contracted Russian Engines In Launches
- Airbus, Safran Joint Venture For Launchers Moves Forward
- NASA Scrubs Orion Launch Attempt, Tries Again Friday
- Northrop Grumman Supported Minuteman III Flight Test
- Raytheon Wins Contract To Provide Qatar with Air and Missile Defense Command and Control System
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Raytheon Wins Contract To Provide Qatar with Air and Missile Defense Command and Control System
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon [RTN] an undefinitized contract action (UCA) for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract not to surpass $75.6 million to design and implement an Air […]