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SpaceGAO Finds Export-Import Bank’s End Use Monitoring Of Exports Lacking
The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) often fails in its legally-required duty to monitor the end uses of the dual-use exports it finances, according to a congressional watchdog. The Government Accountability Office […]
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SpaceLawmakers Want Answers From NASA After Announcement Of Potential SLS Slip
A pair of lawmakers wants answers from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden after the civil space agency announced the initial flight of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket may not take […]
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SpaceNew Zealand-Based Rocket Developer Wants Eventual U.S. Launch Site
A New Zealand-based rocket developer aiming for a $5 million per launch price tag wants to eventually set up a United States-based launch facility so he can compete for Defense […]
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SpaceBoeing To Develop New ISS Docking System
Boeing [BA] will develop a new docking system for the International Space Station (ISS) called NASA Docking System Block-1 (NDSB-1) after recently completing a critical design review (CDR), according to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Lockheed Martin $122 Million For F-35 Support Equipment
The Navy Wednesday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $122 million modification to a previously-awarded F-35 low rate initial production (LRIP) Lot VI cost-plus incentive fee contract for the procurement of […]
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SpaceSpaceX AsiaSat 6 Launch Delayed At Least One To Two Weeks
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will take one to two weeks to review “all potential failure modes and contingencies,” chief designer and CEO Elon Musk said, following the company’s most […]
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SpaceNASA Delays First SLS Launch Until No Later Than November 2018
NASA said Wednesday the initial flight of its Space Launch System (SLS) heavy lift, exploration class rocket would be pushed back until no later than November 2018, 11 months after […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin, Electro Optic Systems To Establish Space Debris Tracking Site
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Electro Optic Systems (EOS) are teaming to develop a new space object tracking site in western Australia that Lockheed Martin said will paint a more detailed […]
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Air ForceAir Force Performing Temporary Fixes On F-16D Longerons
The Air Force is removing and replacing 50 fasteners per jet in the area of cracks found on F-16D canopy sill longerons that the service says will temporarily restore the […]
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Space
SpaceX Scrubs Wednesday Morning’s AsiaSat 6 Launch
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) scrubbed Wednesday morning’s AsiaSat 6 launch, company spokesman John Taylor said, about 13 hours before liftoff. Launch was to take place at 12:50 a.m. EDT […]