Space
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SpaceStudy Predicts Booming Market For Satellite Imagery
The demand for location-based services provided by the commercial satellite imagery industry rose dramatically in the last two years and will grow threefold by 2015, according to a recent study […]
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Space
AFSPC To Conduct Wargame Studying Future Counter-Piracy Operations
United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) starting today will conduct a wargame with international partners that will study counter-piracy operations around the Horn of Africa 11 years into the […]
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CongressNASA Budget Bills Taking Shape On Hill
NASA budget-writers in the House and Senate are moving forward this week with contrasting spending plans for the space agency. The full Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) is slated to meet today […]
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Air ForceSchwartz Sees Opportunities In Asia/Pacific To Garner Budget Efficiencies
The Air Force can garner more budget efficiencies by sharing procurement costs with nations in the Asia/Pacific region the United States has had “less comprehensive relationships” with over the years, […]
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Space
Orbital Sciences Receives Air Force Order For Minotaur I Space Launch Vehicle
The Air Force exercised an option order from Orbital Sciences [ORB] for a Minotaur I space launch vehicle, according to a company statement. The Minotaur I will support the ORS-3 […]
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Business/FinancialCobham Offers $428 Million For Remainder Of Thrane & Thrane
Britain’s Cobham yesterday said it is offering $428.3 million to acquire the rest of a Danish satellite communications (SatCom) firm that it currently holds a minority stake in. The offer […]
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Space
Boeing Sees Continued Opportunity In Legacy UHF Follow-On
Despite the Pentagon moving forward with its next-generation of narrowband tactical satellites, Boeing [BA] still sees future opportunity in the legacy Ultra High Frequency Follow-on satellite market, according to a […]
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Space
Boeing Space Exec: Government, Commercial Satellite Cooperation Increasingly Important
As Defense Department budgets continue to shrink, the importance of complementary government and commercial satellite systems will increase, according to a Boeing [BA] space executive. “How can commercial systems support […]
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Congress
Senate Appropriators Slam NASA Commercial Crew Program
The heads of a NASA budget-writing panel questioned yesterday the space agency’s subsidization of four private companies that are developing systems to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. While the […]
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Congress
McKeon Wants To Boost National Missile Defense, Add East Coast Site
A lawmaker who helps craft the Pentagon budget called yesterday for boosting national missile defense spending and implanting missile interceptors on the East Coast of the United States. House Armed […]