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Marc Selinger
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InternationalU.K. Expects Defense Trade With U.S. To Be Two-Way Street
The United Kingdom’s defense ministry, which is acquiring several major weapon systems from the United States, is closely monitoring those deals to ensure its own companies receive a “sufficient share” […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
F-35 Contract. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $5.6 billion contract to build 91 more F-35s for the U.S. military, the Defense Department announced late July 7. The 11th low-rate initial production […]
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SpacePence Says Space Council Will Promote Human Spaceflight, National Security
Vice President Mike Pence touted the newly revived National Space Council during a July 6 visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, saying the group will help reenergize U.S. […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Eyes Endurance Upgrade To Vertical Takeoff Variant of Aerosonde UAS
Textron [TXT] Systems, which unveiled a kit last year that converts its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system into a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS, is now developing a longer-endurance version of the […]
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SpaceNASA Defends Plan To End Role In DSCOVR Satellite
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot last week defended his agency’s proposal to end its participation in the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), saying that 20 other spacecraft on orbit provide the […]
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BudgetNASA Defends Plan To End Role In DSCOVR Satellite
Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot last week defended his agency’s proposal to end its participation in the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), saying that 20 other spacecraft on orbit provide the […]
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House Panel Calls For New Space-Based Sensors To Aid Missile Defense
A key congressional panel is pushing the Department of Defense to begin developing a new fleet of space-based sensors to improve the ability of warfighters to track hostile ballistic missiles. […]
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Rep. Rogers Blasts Air Force For Opposing Proposed Space Corps
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) strategic forces panel sharply criticized Air Force leaders June 22 for resisting his proposal to create a separate space corps within […]
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Lockheed Martin Finishes Building Second GPS III Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has finished assembling the second Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite for the U.S. Air Force and plans to begin environmental testing of the navigation spacecraft in summer […]
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Senators Question Nixing Of NASA’s Satellite Servicing Mission
Three members of the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) have expressed skepticism over NASA’s decision to scrap its Restore-L satellite-servicing mission. Restore-L was slated to launch in 2020 to refuel the […]