Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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SMDR for Mon.,Feb. 16, 2015
- NASA Requests 54 Percent Boost For Commercial Crew In FY ’15
- MDA To Pick Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Design, Compete Program Later
- Air Force Requests 9.5 Percent Funding Increase, Will Compete Three Launches
- Palazzo Expresses Concern Over Commercial Crew’s ‘Compressed’ Timelines
- Leidos Wins $77 Million Contract From NATO
- GAO Says NOAA’s GOES-R March 2016 Launch Date At Risk
- SpaceX Successfully Launches, Decides Against Falcon 9 ‘Hard’ Landing Due To Rough Seas
- House Passes 2015 NASA Authorization Bill
- STRATCOM Planning JSpOC Mission System Increment 3
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UncategorizedSTRATCOM Planning JSpOC Mission System Increment 3
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is planning a third increment for its Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) Mission System (JMS), command chief Navy Adm. Cecil Haney said Feb. 6. JMS is […]
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House Passes 2015 NASA Authorization Bill
The House on Feb. 10 passed a fiscal year 2015 NASA authorization bill that is almost identical to the one approved last year by the House, but not taken up […]
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SpaceX Successfully Launches, Decides Against Falcon 9 ‘Hard’ Landing Due To Rough Seas
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission Feb. 11, but decided against attempting to ‘hard’ land its Falcon 9 first stage booster due […]
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GAO Says NOAA’s GOES-R March 2016 Launch Date At Risk
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s planned March 2016 launch of its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series satellite (GOES-R) is at risk because it is near capacity in the […]
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Leidos Wins $77 Million Contract From NATO
The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency awarded a contract worth up to $77 million to Leidos [LDOS] to provide systems engineering and integration support for the Ballistic Missile Defense […]
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Palazzo Expresses Concern Over Commercial Crew’s ‘Compressed’ Timelines
A key lawmaker expressed concern Feb. 4 with what he called the “compressed” timelines in NASA’s Commercial Crew program (CCP). House Science, Space and Technology (SST) Space Subcommittee Chairman Steven […]
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Air Force Requests 9.5 Percent Funding Increase, Will Compete Three Launches
The Air Force is requesting roughly 9.5 percent more funding for fiscal year 2016 than what was enacted in FY ’15 while the service also plans on competing three launches. […]
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MDA To Pick Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Design, Compete Program Later
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is “very close” to approving an acquisition strategy for its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) in which it will pick, then compete, […]
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NASA Requests 54 Percent Boost For Commercial Crew In FY ’15
NASA requests $1.2 billion for the Commercial Crew spaceflight program (CCP) in FY ’16, a nearly 54 percent increase from the $805 million that was enacted in FY ’14, according […]