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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedDoD’s Next Generation PNT, M-Code, Could Be Fielded Before End of Decade
M-Code, the Defense Department’s next generation military position, navigation and timing (PNT) capability, could be fielded by the end of the decade, if not sooner, according to a key Air […]
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Air Force Issues Key Next-Generation Rocket System Procurement Documents
The Air Force on April 24 released a pair of key documents on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) related to its pursuit of a next-generation rocket propulsion system. The Air Force […]
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Senate Confirms Newman As NASA Deputy Administrator
The Senate on April 27 confirmed Dava Newman as NASA deputy administrator by a vote of 87-0. Newman is a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems at […]
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SpaceX Launches Turkmenistan Satellite
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on April 27 launched a satellite developed by Thales Alenia Space for Turkmenistan. Launch took place at 7:03 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
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Raytheon and Jenoptik Partner For Global Patriot Power Generators
Raytheon [RTN] and Germany’s Lechmotoren, a company of the Jenoptik Group, are partnering to produce advanced power generators for the Patriot air and missile defense system, Raytheon said on April […]
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NASA Issues Orbital ATK Stop Work Notice Over JPSS-2 Protest
NASA issued Orbital ATK [OA] a stop work notice on April 8 after Ball Aerospace [BLL] protested the agency’s contract award for Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2). NASA spokeswoman Karen […]
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SMDR for Mon. April 27, 2015
- STRATCOM’s JSpOC Starting ‘Commercial Cell Prototype’ In Coming Months
- ULA Plans To Recover Next-Gen Engine In Mid-Air After Flight
- Rocket Lab Unveils Electric Powered Engine, Wants First Flight By End Of 2015
- SpaceX Successfully Launches Launches CRS-6
- SpaceX Predicts Capturing Half Of Commerical Launch Market
- Hyten Wants Automated Flight Safety System For Launch Ranges By Next Year
- Boeing Open To Using Rival Launch Vehicles For CRS-2
- Air Force Remains Concerned Over Condition Of Launch Ranges
- Cardillo Says NGA At Critical ‘Seismic Shift’ Moment
- Air Force Optimistic About 3D Printing Capabilities For Satellites
- Bolden Talks CRS-2 Award Slip, Technologies Reducing Human Risk
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Bolden Talks CRS-2 Award Slip, Technologies Reducing Human Risk
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on April 23 called the slip of an estimated contract award date for the second Cargo Resupply Services effort (CRS-2) a “good news story” due to […]
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Air Force Optimistic About 3D Printing Capabilities For Satellites
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–A key Air Force officer is optimistic about the potential capabilities derived from creating satellites via additive manufacturing, better known as three-dimensional (3D) printing. “If the right engineering, […]
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Cardillo Says NGA At Critical ‘Seismic Shift’ Moment
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is at a critical moment that its director called a “seismic shift:” an explosion of data outside the government’s control, radical advances […]