Space
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SpaceU.S. Signs Agreement On Missile Defense Deployment In Romania
The United States and Romania announced that they recently signed a government-to-government agreement on the deployment of the Ballistic Missile Defense System in Romania. This agreement calls for the establishment […]
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Space
MEADS Moves Closer To First Flight Test With Successful Launch Simulation
MEADS International recently said the Medium Extended Air Defense System’s (MEADS) Integrated Launcher Electronics System (ILES) recently executed a simulated missile launch, moving the program closer to its initial flight […]
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Space
Hughes To Continue Air Force Satellite Study
Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes) recently said it was awarded an extension contract by the Department of Defense (DoD) for its current study of commercial communications satellite (COCOMSAT) systems capabilities. […]
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Space
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engines Complete Advanced Testing Stage
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of United Technologies [UTX] recently announced that it has successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on the certified RS-68A engine, the world’s most powerful hydrogen-fueled […]
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CongressNASA Unveils $1.6 Billion Commercial Crew Plan
NASA unveiled this week its plans to pay companies $1.6 billion to develop commercial services to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit. The space agency released a draft request for proposals […]
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Congress
NASA Unveils Heavy-Lift Rocket Design
NASA announced yesterday its intended design for a heavy-lift rocket that will to carry astronauts to Mars, appeasing lawmakers irked by a delay in the plan’s unveiling. The new rocket, […]
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Space
Raytheon, Lockheed Martin On Track For Space Radar Demos
Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] say they are on schedule to demonstrate their respective radar systems competing for the Air Force’s next contract for a new generation of space […]
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Space
Israel Deploys Third Iron Dome Battery
To defend more citizens from rocket attack, Israel emplaced its third Iron Dome battery recently, the day before the nation’s two million children returned to school, the military said. The […]
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Space
Sea-Based Missile Defense Test Fails
The Navy’s first test of the advanced Standard Missile 3 Block 1B failed during a flight recently when the interceptor failed to hit its target over the Pacific Ocean, the […]
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Space
Teledyne Technologies Awarded $595 Million MDA Simulation Work
Teledyne Technologies Inc.’s [TDY] subsidiary Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., recently said it was awarded a potential $595 million, five-year IDIQ contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for its Objective […]