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SpaceStand To Permit Testing Orion Space Capsule Emergency Abort Motor
A test stand is ready for firing the launch abort system motor that will be mounted on the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the next-generation U.S. space capsule, according to NASA […]
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InternationalExercise Provides Nations Opportunity To Hone Submarine Rescue Skills
By Geoff Fein For the first time in the seven-year history of Bold Monarch, the Russian navy took part in the international submarine exercise that brings together 18 countries in […]
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Space
ATK Launch Systems and Space Systems Merging
Two units of Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] will merge, the company announced. The Launch Systems and Space Systems groups are combining into a single business unit, the company stated. They […]
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ArmySky Warrior Block 0 Operational In Iraq
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA ASI) June 12 said that two Sky Warrior Block 0 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are now operational in Iraq supporting Army ground forces there. […]
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Space
AEHF Satellite Program Progresses
The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite saw its spacecraft core structure mated with the payload module, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. AEHF will provide global, highly […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Gathering. A source tells Defense Daily that Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, acquisition czar John Young, Navy Secretary Donald […]
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Space
NASA Robotic Vehicles Zip Around Moon-Like Landscape On Earth
Unmanned vehicles this month zipped around a lunar-style landscape, but it was on Earth, where they had to fight 16 times the force of gravity that they would encounter on […]
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Air ForceCapitol Hill Braces For GAO’s Decision On Air Force Tanker Protest This Week
By Emelie Rutherford With the Government Accountability Office’s decision on Boeing‘s [BA] protest of the Air Force tanker contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] expected this Thursday, lawmakers on both sides […]
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Homeland Security
Rubin Proposes Major Improvement For European Missile Defense; Would Counter Missiles From India Through Northern Africa
A major improvement could be made in the proposed European Missile Defense (EMD) system that the United States wishes to install to protect Europe from Iranian missile attacks, by increasing […]
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Space
‘Clean’ Shuttle Discovery Lands At Kennedy Space Center; No Shuttle Flights Slated For Almost Four Months
NASA Discusses Possible Manned Commercial Flights To Transport Crew To International Space Station Talks Commence On International Participation In U.S. Orion-Ares Missions To Moon, And Japan Also Hopes For Its […]