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Rich Abott
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Business/FinancialEmbraer KC-390 Transport Completes First Test Flight
Embraer [ERJ] successfully completed the first flight test of the new KC-390 military transport and aerial refueling jet, the company said on Tuesday. Test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado […]
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BudgetCSBA: Congress Unlikely To Raise Spending Caps Enough to Accommodate Expected DoD FY ’16 Request
The Pentagon will unveil its fiscal year 2016 budget request on Monday and ask Congress to give about $35 billion more than the sequestration spending caps allow for defense spending–and […]
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SMDR for Mon., Feb. 2, 2015
- Navy Communications Satellite Launched
- Stratolaunch’s Carrier Aircraft Almost 40 Percent Complete
- Lockheed Martin Approaching Key Space Fence Facility Construction
- Air Force, SpaceX Settle EELV Lawsuit
- Boeing, SpaceX Map Out Commercial Crew Timelines
- Air Force Postpones NASA SMAP Launch Until Jan. 31
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UncategorizedAir Force Postpones NASA SMAP Launch Until Jan. 31
NASA delays the launch of NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) launch, this time until Jan. 31, pending completion of minor repairs to the vehicle prior to launch. Launch provider […]
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Boeing, SpaceX Map Out Commercial Crew Timelines
Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. laid out on Jan. 26 their timelines for delivering astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017 as part of NASA’s Commercial […]
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Air Force, SpaceX Settle EELV Lawsuit
The Air Force and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said Jan. 23 they reached agreement on a path forward in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) dispute between the two […]
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Lockheed Martin Approaching Key Space Fence Facility Construction
Lockheed Martin [LMT], developer of the Air Force’s nearly multi-billion dollar Space Fence radar program, is to begin key facilities construction in early 2015 after performing a series of important […]
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Stratolaunch’s Carrier Aircraft Almost 40 Percent Complete
MOJAVE, Calif. —Stratolaunch Systems is almost 40 percent through assembly of its massive carrier aircraft and is on track for a 2016 first flight goal, according to Scaled Composites President […]
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Navy Communications Satellite Launched
The Navy’s third in a new constellation of satellites designed to allow mobile warfighters to communicate in beyond-the-line-of-sight scenarios has been successfully launched into orbit, the service said. The Mobile […]
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DDI for Fri, Jan. 30, 2015
- U.S., India Renew Defense Initiative
- Saab and IBD Deisenroth Engineering Sign Co-operation Agreement
- CAE To Acquire Bombardier’s Military Aviation Training Business
- New Australia Training Helicopter Completed First Test Flight
- Tax Credit, Pension Income Lift Northrop Grumman’s Earnings Amid Flat Sales In Quarter
- Raytheon Delivers Strong Fourth Quarter With Boost From Pension Income, Operations
- Lockheed Martin Ends 2014 With Strong Financial Results