Space
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Air ForceAir Force Successfully Launches ORS-1
The Air Force on Wednesday successfully launched the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS-1) prototype satellite from the Minotaur I launch vehicle at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Va., the service and […]
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Business/FinancialNASA: Commercial-Crew Plans On Schedule
The four firms under contract with NASA to help develop a commercial space transportation industry have met initial milestones for their crew-transport systems as of this month, the space agency […]
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Business/Financial
Aerojet, QinetiQ, EADS Astrium Crisa To Supply Ion Propulsion System For Spacecraft
Aerojet [GY] QinetiQ, and European Aerospace Defence and Space Co.’s (EADS) Astrium Crisa, said they have entered a joint agreement to supply the XENITH(TM) (Xenon Ion Thruster) ion propulsion system […]
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SpaceSASC Wants MEADS Request Zeroed
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), in its version of the FY ’12 defense policy bill, is requesting that the Pentagon cut all of its $406.6 million it requested for […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Submit JAGM Proposals
Teams led by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] recently submitted their Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) proposals, the same day as the deadline to respond to the government’s Request for […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Say Risk Reduction Vital To Their JAGM Efforts
Both Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently turned in proposals emphasizing risk reduction for the Joint-Air-To- Ground-Missile (JAGM) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. The JAGM competition is for […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Space Systems To Cut Roughly 1,200 Positions
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said recently that its Space Systems division will cut roughly 1,200 employees by year-end. It is anticipated that middle management will be reduced by 25 percent, with […]
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Space
Navy Conducts Tests That Brings AARGM Closer To Operational Status, ATK Says
ATK‘s [ATK] Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) recently completed an initial flight integration test on the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft and has completed multiple flight hours of integration testing […]
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Space
Raytheon Receives $51.6 Million Navy Contract For Satellite Communications Support
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $51.6 million contract to provide logistics support for the communication terminals of the Navy’s Extremely High Frequency Satellite Program (NESP). The performance-based […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Delivers Hardware For MEADS Intra-Fire Unit Communications
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently delivered the first intra-fire unit communications kit qualified for use with the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). This kit, also known as the MEADS […]