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SpaceArmaments Directors In U.S., Germany, Italy Approve MEADS Contract Amendment, Flight Tests
The National Armaments Directors of Germany, Italy and the United States recently approved a contract amendment that funds two flight intercept tests of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), […]
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Space
Northrop Grumman Successfully Completes DCGS-A Mobile Software Baseline Qualification
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has successfully completed formal qualification testing of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Mobile Basic software baseline being developed for the Army. DCGS-A Mobile […]
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Space
Finland Wants To Spend More Than $500 Million To Buy Stinger, JASSM Missiles
Finland has requested two Foreign Military Sales valued at more than $500 million to buy Stinger and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), equipment and support to modernize its forces, the […]
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Space
AARGM Reaches Third Round Of Initial Production
The Navy has awarded ATK [ATK] a $54.4-million dollar contract for the third phase of low-rate initial production (LRIP) for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), the company recently said. […]
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Space
Successful Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Test Validates Updates
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said its PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target recently in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. […]
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Space
Air Force General Calls For Maintaining Nuclear Triad
Declining numbers of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal makes it even more critical to maintain the sea-, land- and air-based delivery systems that make up the “triad” of the […]
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Space
Boeing Relocating Space Capsule Operations To Cape Canaveral
Boeing [BA] said recently it intends to consolidate its operations for building the next NASA spaceship to Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Boeing is designing and constructing the […]
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Space
New Satellite Launched After Years Of Cost Overruns and Delays
NASA launched a new satellite recently, ushering in the next generation of Earth orbiters designed to track weather and global conditions while providing the military with critical operational data. The […]
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Space
Northrop Grumman, ATK Successfully Ground Test Minuteman III Stage 1 Motor
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and ATK [ATK] said recently they successfully ground-tested a Minuteman III Stage 1 solid rocket motor for the Air Force as part of the Minuteman Solid Rocket […]
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InternationalAustralia Closer To Implementing Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty With U.S.
The Australia-United States Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty is closer to implementation as the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011 was introduced to Parliament, ministers said recently. The legislation is required for […]