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SpaceBlue Origin Lays Out New Shepard Test Schedule
Blue Origin plans to perform a “couple dozen” test flights of its New Shepard rocket “hopefully” within the next two years before putting humans on board, according to a company […]
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SpaceBlue Origin Official Sees Reusability, Human Space Flight Changing Launch Business
A key Blue Origin official believes that rocket reusability and human spaceflight could change the launch business over the next 10 years as increased demand for low earth orbit (LEO) […]
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Air ForceF-35 Entering IOT&E By August 2017 Is Unrealistic, DOT&E Says
The Defense Department’s chief weapons tester believes the F-35 program’s current schedule of completing system development and demonstration (SDD) and entering initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) by August 2017 […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Questions Logic, Legality of DoD’s F-35 Block Buy Approach
The Defense Department’s chief weapons tester questions the logic and legality of the Pentagon’s block buy approach to buying F-35s due to the program’s state of maturity and the law’s […]
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Defense WatchDefense Watch
Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The Democratic and Republican Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1 will kick off a busy week in politics as the House returns to the Hill. After two […]
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Air ForceSpace Ground System Vulnerability Concerns Air Force
The ground system is “by far” the most vulnerable portion of the Air Force’s space architecture and that concerns a key service official. Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force […]
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PentagonMDA Successfully Evaluates Alternate Divert Thrusters In GMD Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Thursday successfully evaluated performance of alternate divert thrusters for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV), according to an agency statement. […]
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PentagonGMD Program To Collect Data In Space For First Time
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program was scheduled to use a Thursday flight test to collect data in space for the first time, according to officials […]
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ArmyArmy Commission’s Solution To Aviation Restructure Adds $165 Million In Annual Costs
The National Commission on the Future of the Army proposed an aviation restructure solution that keeps AH-64 Apache helicopters in the Army National Guard, but it would cost an extra […]
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Air ForceAir Force Plans To Award Northrop Grumman, Raytheon JSTARS Radar Contracts
The Air Force on Tuesday said it intends to sole source contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN] for Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) recapitalization radar technical […]