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ArmyLockheed Martin Performs Important Aegis BMD Flight Test Tracking Exercise
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it successfully performed Wednesday an Aegis Ashore missile defense exercise called “flight test tracking exercise No. 18,” which a company official said included multiple unitary short […]
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UncategorizedQinetiq North America Sees Robotics Controllers, Space As Future Growth Markets
Qinetiq North America (QNA) views robotics controllers as one of many growth areas it is focusing on in the near future, according to a key executive. QNA has developed a […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Rapiscan Review. Following the TSA’s cancellation in early December of a $67 million contract for checkpoint X-Ray systems that it had awarded Rapiscan Systems just over two months earlier, the […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Predicts GPS III Navigation Payload Delivery By Spring
Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to receive the first Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite’s navigation payload this spring from payload developer Exelis [XLS] after originally forecasting delivery for early […]
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SpaceBall Aerospace-Led Team Pursuing High-Performance, Non-Toxic ‘Green’ Spacecraft Propellant
A team led by NASA and Ball Aerospace [BLL] seeks to demonstrate and test a high-performance, non-toxic “green” spacecraft propellant on orbit with a goal of launching it into space […]
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SpaceOrbital Successfully Launches Cygnus Spacecraft
Orbital Sciences [ORB] Thursday successfully launched its Antares medium-class rocket carrying the first of eight Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft missions to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of its […]
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Space
Orbital Postpones Wednesday’s Antares Launch To ISS Until Thursday
Orbital Sciences [ORB] said it delayed Wednesday’s Cygnus mission to the International Space Station (ISS) until Thursday due to an “unusually high level” of space radiation that could impact the […]
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ArmyU.S. Needs To Iron Out Cyber Legal, Policy Issues, Odierno Says
The United States needs to sort out fundamental legal and policy issues related to cyber warfare as the Pentagon increases its focus on the domain, according to the Army’s top […]
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SpaceSpaceX Successfully Launches Thaicom-6 Communications Satellite
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Monday successfully launched the Orbital Sciences [ORB]-built Thaicom-6 satellite on one of its Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Contracts For Future Medium Class Stage III ICBM Motor Development
The Air Force in December issued two contracts worth a combined $78 million for demonstrations of a Medium Class Stage III ICBM motor with technologies applicable to multiple future common […]