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Marc Selinger
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UncategorizedAir Force To Hold First GBSD Review Since Contract Awards
The U.S. Air Force, which awarded two contracts in August to mature designs for the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), plans to hold the program’s first major review in October, a […]
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Air Force Taps Lockheed, Rockwell To Design ICBM Control System
The U.S. Air Force has picked Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Rockwell Collins [COL] to begin designing a replacement for the aging Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS), which allows command-and-control aircraft to launch land-based, nuclear-armed intercontinental […]
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Air ForceAir Force Seeks Bids For New Launch Vehicles
The U.S. Air Force released a solicitation late Oct. 5 that envisions developing new, domestically produced space launch vehicles to end the service’s reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines. According to […]
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Pratt & Whitney Gets $2.7B Contract For C-17 Engine Work
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], has received a five-year, $2.7 billion contract to repair and overhaul F-117 engines it built for American and foreign C-17 transport aircraft, […]
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U.S. Military Ups Air Strikes In Afghanistan
The U.S. military has stepped up air strikes against enemy forces in Afghanistan as part of the Trump administration’s new strategy for the war-torn country, Defense Secretary James Mattis said […]
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Air ForcePratt & Whitney Gets $2.7B Contract For C-17 Engine Work
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], has received a five-year, $2.7 billion contract to repair and overhaul F-117 engines it built for American and foreign C-17 […]
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SpacePence Calls Moon ‘Stepping Stone’ to Mars
The Trump administration plans to send astronauts to the Moon to lay groundwork for manned missions to Mars and other deep-space destinations, Vice President Mike Pence said Oct. 5. “We […]
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Air ForceAir Force Taps Lockheed, Rockwell To Design ICBM Control System
The U.S. Air Force has picked Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Rockwell Collins [COL] to begin designing a replacement for the aging Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS), which allows command-and-control aircraft to […]
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InternationalU.S. Military Ups Air Strikes In Afghanistan
The U.S. military has stepped up air strikes against enemy forces in Afghanistan as part of the Trump administration’s new strategy for the war-torn country, Defense Secretary James Mattis said […]
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SpaceSatellite Traffic In Low Earth Orbit Needs Rules, Lawmaker Says
With low Earth orbit (LEO) becoming increasingly crowded with U.S. and foreign satellites, there is a growing need to craft operating rules to prevent collisions, a key congressman said Oct. […]