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Air ForceOrbital ATK Tests Motor Case For New Rocket
Orbital ATK [OA], which is developing a new space launch vehicle to compete for U.S. Air Force business, announced Nov. 7 that the rocket’s first motor case has passed a […]
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ArmySASC Approves Esper For Army Secretary
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved by voice vote Nov. 7 the nomination of Raytheon [RTN] executive Mark Esper to be Army secretary. As part of that vote, the […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Finish Study On ISR Needs By Early 2018
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) expects to finish a study on future intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and strike capabilities in late 2017 or early 2018, according to […]
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InternationalLockheed Begins Delivering F-35 Simulators To U.S. Allies
F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] has begun delivering full-mission simulators for the fighter jet to foreign customers, the company announced Nov. 6. The Israeli, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian air […]
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Air ForceAir Force Taps Lockheed To Develop Laser Demonstrator For Fighter Jet
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $26.3 million contract to design and build a high-power laser demonstrator that could be tested on a […]
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UncategorizedAir Force ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About New GPS Ground System
The U.S. Air Force’s troubled Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) has made progress in its development recently, but the ground-control system still has major hurdles […]
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Rep. Bridenstine Pledges To Pursue ‘Consensus Agenda’ At NASA
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to be NASA administrator, pledged Nov. 1 to be a nonpartisan leader of the space agency despite concerns among Senate Democrats about […]
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Air Force Space And Missile Systems Center Eyes Faster Acquisition
The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is engaged in a multi-pronged effort to speed up its acquisition of satellites and other equipment, the center’s leader said […]
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Air ForceAir Force ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About New GPS Ground System
The U.S. Air Force’s troubled Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) has made progress in its development recently, but the ground-control system still has major hurdles […]
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UK Air Force To Launch First Small Satellite In December
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is joining the small-satellite wave and intends to launch its first such spacecraft in late December, an RAF official said Oct. 27. The RAF satellite, […]