Space
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SpaceNational Technical Systems Acquires Engineering Services Firm
National Technical Systems [NTSC], an engineering services firm to a number of industries including aerospace and defense, has acquired the engineering services firm Mechtronic Solutions, Inc. (MSI), which works mainly […]
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Space
STSS Demo Satellites Detect, Track ICBM Test Launch
The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration program satellites, built by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN], detected the test launch of a Minuteman III ICBM on Sept. 17 […]
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Space
ATK Awards BAE Systems $17.7 Million For Missile Warning Systems
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] awarded BAE Systems a $17.7 million contract to provide laser warning sensor sets to protect U.S. military aircraft, BAE said recently. “With more than 16,000 systems delivered […]
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Space
Air Force Readies Second Space Plane For Spring Test Flight
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is preparing to launch a second X-37 experimental space plane into low earth orbit after what service officials deemed a highly successful first flight […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Team Finishes PDR Early For GeoEye-2
By B.C. Kessner The Lockheed Martin [LMT] team designing GeoEye‘s [GEOY] next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ahead of […]
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Space
Pentagon Awards Production Contract For Fourth AEHF Satellite
By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification valued at approximately $1.4 billion for production of the Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. […]
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Space
SMC Chief: Satellite And Terminal Availabilities Not Critically Out of Sync
By B.C. Kessner The executive director of Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile System Center (SMC) said the vagaries of very ambitious satellite and terminal programs caused end dates […]
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Space
GMD Test Fails Over Pacific
By Marina Malenic A test of a defensive system designed to intercept long-range missiles failed this week, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said last week. The test of the Ground-Based […]
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Space
Phalanx Exceeds Objectives In Live Fire Demo
Raytheon [RTN] and Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], partnering with the Army and Navy, said they proved the maneuverability, integration and performance of the Mobile Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System (MLPWS) during a […]
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Space
MDA Awards Raytheon $43 Million For TPY-2 Radar Development
Raytheon [RTN] last week said it was awarded a $43 million contract modification by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to continue developing the common X-Band capability software and modeling and […]