Space
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SpaceGeoEye Enters Agreement With Fugro For Online Imagery Dissemination
GeoEye entered into an agreement with Fugro World Wide for online imagery dissemination through Fugro’s global portal for delivery of data and solutions, GeoEye said yesterday in a statement. GeoEye’s […]
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Air ForceAir Force Intends To Issue Boeing, Raytheon FAB-T Limited Sources RFPs
The Air Force intends to issue limited sources request for proposals (RFP) to Boeing [BA] and Raytheon [RTN] for the service’s Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program, according to […]
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Air Force
Aerojet Completes Hot-Fire Test of LEO-7 Second Stage Rocket Motor
GenCorp [GY] subsidiary Aerojet successfully completed a hot-fire test of its Low Earth Orbit-7 (LEO) second stage rocket motor Aug. 14 at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards AFB, […]
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Space
DARPA Awards Intelsat, Loral Contracts For Phoenix Satellite Harvesting Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Intelsat General and Space Systems/Loral contracts in July to participate in its Phoenix satellite harvesting program. Intelsat said it plans to study […]
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Air Force
Air Force Successfully Activates AEHF-2 Communications Payload
The Air Force successfully activated the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite’s payload yesterday at 2:25 p.m. EST, according to a Space and Missile Systems Center statement. Payload activation was accomplished […]
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Navy/USMCNRL Commander To Join Space Dynamics Lab At Utah State
The Utah State University Research Foundation’s Space Dynamics Laboratory yesterday said Paul Stewart will join the leadership team of Space Dynamics Laboratory as director of technology in October. Stewart is […]
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House Intel Committee Leaders Propose Cutting ULA’s Launch Subsidy
The chairman and ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence proposed eliminating the Defense Department’s infrastructure subsidy provided to United Launch Alliance (ULA) as part of increasing […]
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CongressNASA Taps 3 Firms to Continue Commercial Spacecraft Development
NASA chose three aerospace companies to continue working over the next two years on commercial spaceships intended to carry astronauts to the International Space Station by 2016. The space agency awarded Boeing’s […]
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Space
ATK Announces Expanded Product Line Of Small, Agile Satellite Buses
ATK [ATK] has developed an expanded product line of small, agile satellite buses in response to customer demands for small satellites and fast deployment. The now available ATK A-series product […]
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Air Force
Senate Appropriators Add Funding For Industrial Base Initiatives
The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) yesterday added $130 million to President Barack Obama’s budget for industrial-base initiatives while reducing his proposed level of Pentagon funding by $100 million. During yesterday’s […]