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Marc Selinger
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Submit Bids For Air Force Huey Replacement
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have announced that they submitted bids for the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey helicopter replacement program. Boeing said late Sept. 13 that its MH-139 […]
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Air ForceBoeing Lands Contract To Begin Designing New Air Force One
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a nearly $600 million contract modification to Boeing [BA] to conduct the initial design of a replacement for the Air Force One presidential jets, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Rethinking JSTARS Replacement
The U.S. Air Force, which has been preparing to replace its aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance aircraft with a modified civil jet, has begun exploring whether a different approach might be […]
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Air ForceAir Force Rethinking JSTARS Replacement
The U.S. Air Force, which has been preparing to replace its aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance aircraft with a modified civil jet, has begun exploring whether a different approach might be […]
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SpaceOrbital ATK, SSL Tout Progress In Robotic Space Efforts
Orbital ATK [OA] announced Sept. 11 that it has begun assembling its first robotic satellite-servicing spacecraft, which it plans to launch next year. Orbital ATK conducted a critical design review […]
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UncategorizedNASA Tests New Rocket’s Engine Controller
NASA has completed a series of five hot-fire tests with the engine controller for the new Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket, the agency announced Aug. 31. The testing, which […]
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Rep. Bridenstine Tapped To Lead NASA
President Trump plans to nominate Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), a leading space advocate in Congress, to be NASA’s 13th administrator, the White House announced late Sept. 1. Analysts said that Bridenstine’s […]
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Air Force’s X-37B Spaceplane Starts Fifth Mission
The U.S. Air Force launched the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on its fifth mission Sept. 7. Dodging Hurricane Irma, the Boeing [BA]-built unmanned reusable spaceplane lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket […]
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NASA To Seek Industry Bids For Landing Small Lunar Payloads
NASA is gearing up to request industry proposals for using robotic landers to place small payloads on the moon, an agency official said Sept. 7. “We’re preparing for the solicitation […]
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Lockheed Won’t Protest Air Force GBSD Contracts
Lockheed Martin [LMT], which recently lost a competition to mature designs for the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), announced Aug. 30 that it has chosen not to challenge the […]