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  • Air Force, MDA Ink Agreement On New Ballistic Missile Program
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    Air Force, MDA Ink Agreement On New Ballistic Missile Program

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    The Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency have reached an agreement to collaborate on the development of a next-generation ballistic missile interceptor, a senior industry executive said recently. Edward […]

  • Air Force Transfers SBSS Control To Operators
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    Air Force Transfers SBSS Control To Operators

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    The Air Force has transferred Satellite Control Authority of the SBSS Block 10 satellite to the 1st Space Operations Squadron, 50th Operations Group at Schriever AFB, Colo., officials said recently. […]

  • Key GPS III Flight Software Milestone Complete
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    Key GPS III Flight Software Milestone Complete

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    The next generation Global Position System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed its first major flight software integration milestone at prime contractor Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] software integration laboratory in […]

  • Priority: Getting Back To Flight Testing, Boeing GMD Official Says
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    Priority: Getting Back To Flight Testing, Boeing GMD Official Says

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    There is still no resolution of what caused a Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) interceptor to fail to hit its ballistic missile target over the Pacific in December, though officials from […]

  • Critics Pan New Satellite Buy Strategy
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    Critics Pan New Satellite Buy Strategy

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    A new Air Force purchasing strategy that aims to save money through higher-quantity satellite buys is seen by some critics as counterproductive. The new Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Strategy, or […]

  • TSA Boosts L-3 Contract For Baggage Screening Equipment

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    By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this month awarded L-3 Communications [LLL] a $61 million contract for the purchase of 60 additional medium-speed explosives detection systems (EDS) used […]

  • Air Force Launches New NRO Satellite
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    Air Force Launches New NRO Satellite

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    A classified military payload for the National Reconnaissance Office was launched recently from Cape Canaveral at Space Launch Complex-37 in Florida. A Delta IV rocket blasted off at 6:38 p.m. […]

  • Raytheon Completes UEWR Thule Radar Upgrades

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    Raytheon [RTN] said it has completed all system requirements and testing of the Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland. With this upgrade, the UEWR at Thule is […]

  • Briefs
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    Briefs

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    NASA is touting what it says is a key test leading to the development of future heavy-lift launch vehicles: a structural strength test of a 20-foot-tall aluminum-lithium test cylinder, which […]

  • Defense Watch

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    The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Pentagon Cash. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) tells reporters he wants Congress to pass a FY ’11 defense appropriations […]