http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2010 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 1:47:29 EST By Calvin Biesecker Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] last Thursday said it has agreed to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics [GD] for $55 million, giving the company an instant entry into the government market for... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9558.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Integral Systems [ISYS] Monday said it successfully completed the Required Asset Available (RAA) milestone for the Rapid Attack Identification, Detection Reporting System (RAIDRS) Block 10 (RB-10) Central Operating Location (COL) and first deployable system... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9477.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By B.C Kessner ATK [ATK] met a major milestone recently as it conducted final testing and prepared to ship the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite bus to Goodrich [GR], after building it in just 16 months. "Being able to build these satellites... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9478.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama's attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA's leader Feb. 25 about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight vehicles. House Science and... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9479.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA Feb. 25 successfully performed the final ground test of a reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) for the Space Shuttle program at ATK's Promontory, Utah facility. The test marks the completion of a 30-year program that... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9480.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and other legacy systems, arguing that the system is too costly and no... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9481.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST In a significant production milestone, Raytheon [RTN] delivered the 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. "Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with a combat-proven weapon that plays a critical role in hybrid warfare operations," Capt... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9482.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Lockheed Martin's [LMT] enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9483.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST BAE Systems' recently announced Marine aviators completed an operational assessment of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) with eight direct hits in eight shots. The operational assessment confirms that the laser-guided 2.75-inch rocket will... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9484.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama's attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA's leader yesterday about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight vehicles. House Science and... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9470.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has achieved a key integrated test milestone on the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft at its facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif. SBIRS is designed to provide early... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9362.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) destroyed a boosting ballistic missile. The successful... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9363.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST The 45th Space Wing Feb. 11 launched a rocket carrying the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a NASA spacecraft, out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carried the observatory from Space... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9364.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial space industry, successfully carried the Intelsat 16 satellite to orbit for Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9365.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST International Launch Services (ILS) and global satellite operator SES Feb. 11 announced the ILS Proton launch of the SES-3 satellite with the Kazsat-2 telecommunications satellite in 2011. "ILS and SES have partnered in many industry firsts, including the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9366.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Space Shuttle Endeavour successfully lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Feb. 8, marking the first flight of 2010 and the beginning of the Shuttle's final year of operation. During the 13-day mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour's crew... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9367.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received an Air Force contract valued at $243.5 million for an eighth production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. "This contract enables Lockheed Martin to continue to provide the critical capabilities of JASSM to the Warfighter,"... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9368.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST Italian Air Force Brig. Gen. Alessandro Pera Feb. 1 took over as the new head of the Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Program Office, succeeding retired Brig. Gen. Michel Billard. Pera will continue developing a NATO defense against... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9369.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued Feb. 1 President Barack Obama's proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states' economies are linked to the space-shuttle replacement pledged to fight for its... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9370.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Ann Roosevelt Missile defenses would receive $9.9 billion under the administration's fiscal year 2011 budget request released Feb. 1, including $8.4 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC]... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/9371.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST