Pat Host
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Air ForceF-35 Features Potential For Over-Pressurized Fuel Tanks
The Defense Department last week took a step toward fixing a F-35 fuel system issue first discovered in late 2014. F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) spokesman Joe DellaVedova said Thursday […]
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SpaceMusk Predicts Roughly 70 Percent Landing Rate In 2016
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) founder Elon Musk predicts the company will successfully land its booster stages in roughly 70 percent of attemps this year and “hopefully” 90 percent in […]
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SpaceSierra Nevada Sets Sights On Crew Opportunities After Cargo Resupply Services-2 Award
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is setting its sights on delivering humans to the International Space Station (ISS) after NASA on Thursday awarded the company a contract for its Cargo Resupply […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch
OPC Support. The Coast Guard’s next major acquisition program, $10 billion or more Offshore Patrol Cutter, has bipartisan support in Congress and has the support of the White House Office […]
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Space
NASA Awards Sierra Nevada, SpaceX, Orbital ATK CRS-2 Contracts
NASA on Thursday awarded Orbital ATK [OA], Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contracts, leaving Lockheed Martin [LMT] on the outside looking […]
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Air ForceFirst GPS III Satellite Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
The first Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] finished a key milestone in December in preparation for a late 2016 launch. GPS III space […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Orbital ATK, SpaceX Booster Contracts
The Air Force on Wednesday said it awarded Orbital ATK [OA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contracts as part of its effort to get of […]
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Air ForceHASC Revisiting RD-180 Caps In Upcoming Authorization Season
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will tackle the Russian rocket engine restrictions in the upcoming authorization season after they were lifted in the fiscal year 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act. […]
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SpaceAerojet Rocketdyne Gauging AR1 Progress In February Meeting With ULA
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] and United Launch Alliance (ULA) brass will meet in February to gauge Aerojet Rocketdyne’s progress on its AR1 engine that the company is marketing as a drop […]
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ArmyFanning Temporarily Resigns As Acting Army Secretary
Eric Fanning has temporarily resigned as acting Army secretary to focus on “achieving confirmation,” according to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook. Newly sworn-in Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy will […]