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Business/FinancialAegis Program Director Sees Immediate Need For 7 Or 8 More Ships; More After That
The Navy needs some seven or eight more ballistic-missile-defense (BMD) Aegis weapon system surface ships immediately to meet demands of combatant commanders, and the sea service definitely will need more […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman-Built Satellite Antenna Enables NASA’s Discovery of Buried Glaciers On Mars
An antenna aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is enabling detection of huge glaciers on Mars, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. Northrop developed and built the antenna. Locating the glaciers is […]
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Business/Financial
Arianespace Grabs 72 Percent Of Orders Booked In 2008:
Arianespace captured 72 percent of orders booked last year, and half of all commercial launches to geostationary orbit, according to Arianespace chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, speaking to journalists. […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Global Hawk Poised For Enviro Science Research
A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle is poised to begin performing environmental science research for NASA, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and Northrop Grumman are […]
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Space
Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives At Pad For Launch On STS-119 Mission To Space Station At 7:32 A.M. ET Feb. 12
Space Shuttle Discovery moved to Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, where the huge spacecraft is poised to lift off at 7:32 a.m. ET Feb. 12. A launch dress […]
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Space
NASA Inspector General Did Little To Uncover Potential Savings, GAO Report States
The controversial NASA Inspector General (IG) operation found little cost savings in space agency programs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of IG reports. NASA spends almost three […]
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Space
Polar Operational Environmental Satellite Poised For Launch On Delta II Feb. 4
The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), is poised to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket Feb. […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Mid-Range Munition Launches, Hits Target
The first Mid-Range Munition (MRM) cartridge integration test ended with the round striking the target about three miles downrange, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and the Army […]
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Space
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — January 15, 2009 – 4:31 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | * No Earlier Than (Tentative) | ** To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission:NOAA-N […]
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Business/Financial
PlanetSpace (Boeing, Lockheed, ATK) Protests NASA Contract Awards To Orbital, SpaceX For Cargo Missions
PlanetSpace Inc. protested multi-billion-dollar NASA contract awards to Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, for commercial spacecraft cargo flights to the International Space Station. (Please […]