Space
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SpaceBoeing Hands Over GOES-P Satellite to NASA for Final Testing
Boeing [BA] last week announced that it transferred control of the third Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-P) to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on March 24 […]
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Selex Galileo, Northrop Grumman, Demonstrate ECLIPSE Maturity
Finmeccanica‘s Selex Galileo recently announced the results of recent U.S. government reliability and characterization tests demonstrated the maturity of the latest infrared countermeasure system ECLIPSE, developed with Northrop Grumman [NOC]. […]
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Space
Orbital Completes Acquisition of GD’s Satellite Development Unit
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] recently said it has completed its $55 million purchase of the spacecraft development and manufacturing business from General Dynamics [GD]. Orbital announced the deal early last […]
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Lockheed Martin Successfully Completes JAGM Seeker Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently announced it has successfully completed one series of wide-ranging tests on the multi-mode seeker for its Joint Air-to- Ground Missile (JAGM) system. JAGM will provide a […]
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Business/FinancialOrbital Completes Acquisition of GD’s Satellite Development Unit
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] last Friday said it has completed its $55 million purchase of the spacecraft development and manufacturing business from General Dynamics [GD]. Orbital announced the deal early […]
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Space
MDA Chief: Quality Control of Missile-Defense Products Major Challenge
By Emelie Rutherford A senior Pentagon official told missile-defense contractors last week “quality control” of industry products is so poor it has risen to be one of the preeminent problems […]
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Raytheon Positions For Major Role As Missile Defense Advances
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] is ready to play a “significant” role as missile defense moves forward, particularly with the four-phased incremental approach for Europe announced last fall, officials said. […]
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Boeing Awaits Air Force Decision On Harvesting TSAT Capabilities
By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] executives said recently that they are awaiting Pentagon decisions on which capabilities from a now-canceled major satellite communications program will be harvested and inserted into […]
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Space
DoD Sees Export Reforms Aiding Post-Constellation Space Industry
By Emelie Rutherford Faced with lawmakers concerned about how proposed NASA changes might harm the solid-rocket-motor industrial base, Pentagon officials said recently they hope easing export processes would help impacted […]
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International Launch Services and Telesat Announce the ILS Proton Launch of Nimiq 6 in 2012
International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat recently announced a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat’s Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012. “ILS has a longstanding history with Telesat […]