Space
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SpaceU.S., France Sign Space Situational Awareness Agreement
The United States and France signed documents at the Pentagon Feb. 8 to address national security space issues, particularly to monitor space debris. This is the first time the U.S. […]
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Space
Industry Teams Submit Proposals For GMD Development And Sustainment To MDA
Teams led Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA]-Northrop Grumman [NOC] last week submitted proposals for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract to the Missile Defense Agency’s […]
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Space
DoD Awards Two Space Fence Design Contracts
Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have each received a $107 million contract for preliminary design of a next- generation tracking radar that will monitor objects in space. Under the […]
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Space
DoD, Northrop Grumman Look To Finalize New DWSS Contract By End of Year
Air Force Space and Missile Command (SMC), along with industry counterparts at Northrop Grumman [NOC] plan to have a contract in place for the service’s new defense weather satellite system […]
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Space
Raytheon Awarded $145 million For Patriot GEM-T Missiles For Kuwait
Raytheon [RTN] last week said it received a $145 million Foreign Military Sales production contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles-Tactical (GEM-T) to augment Kuwait’s air and missile defense. The U.S. […]
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Space
NRO Satellite Launched Aboard Delta 4 Rocket
United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently launched a second classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office from a launch pad at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the company said. A Delta 4 […]
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Space
Air Force Expands GPS Coverage By Repositioning Satellites
The 50th Space Wing at Schriever AFB, Colo., has completed the first of a two-phase Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation expansion known as “Expandable-24,” the wing said recently. When fully […]
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Space
Airborne Laser Shoot-Down Test Postponed Due To Weather
The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it has delayed a repeat attempt to destroy a target missile using a chemical laser integrated into a Boeing [BA] 747 aircraft. The […]
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Space
Army NanoSat Demonstrates Niche Military Capability
By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s first service-built and operated satellite in 50 years exceeded expectations during its short orbital life that is expected to end by burning up while reentering […]
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Space
Sat-Ops Center Goes Live With Launch of STPSat-2
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that the satellite command and control system–the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Ground System Architecture– recently went operational with the successful launch of the multi-payload experimental Space […]