Space
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SpaceOrbital Selected For Azerspace/Africasat-1a Satellite
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] recently announced that it has signed a contract with International Relations and Accounting Center of The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (Ministry) of the Republic […]
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Masten Space Re-Lights Rocket Engine in Flight
Masten Space Systems, a leader in vertical take off, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket vehicles, successfully demonstrated in-air engine re-light capability today at the company’s test facility in Mojave, Calif. “We’re […]
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CAGW Releases Issue Brief on NASA Constellation Program
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) May 25 released an Issue Brief on the Constellation program. “As romantic and inspirational as space flight is, the brutal reality is that the Constellation […]
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Lockheed Martin Delivers First U.S. Air Force Advanced EHF Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the first satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for a […]
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Boeing Network And Space Unit Plans Select Acquisitions
By Ann Roosevelt Look for Boeing‘s [BA] Network and Space systems, a business area within Boeing Defense Space and Security, to continue making certain select acquisitions in future, according to […]
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Aerojet Validates Engine Design for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Aerojet, a GenCorp [GY] company, last week successfully completed a second set of hot-fire test sequences of its R-1E 25-pound thrust, bipropellant engine, validating the engine design for NASA’s Orion […]
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Arianespace to Launch Skynet 5D Military Communications Satellite
EADS Astrium has selected Arianespace to launch the fourth satellite in the Skynet 5 constellation. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace chairman and CEO, on 20 May announced the launch contract signing […]
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GOP Irked By Russian Stance On START Treaty Limiting Missile Defense
By Emelie Rutherford Senior administration officials tried to convince skeptical Republican senators yesterday that U.S. missile-defense plans would not be impeded by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) […]
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Pranalytica Announces Aircraft Missile Defense Laser Breakthrough
Pranalytica, Inc. May 18 announced the introduction of the two-watt, fully packaged, continuous wave, room temperature quantum cascade laser (QCL) system, Model 1101-40, emitting at a wavelength of 4.0 microns, […]
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House Authorizers Propose Missile-Defense Spending Boost
By Emelie Rutherford A House panel approved Pentagon budget legislation May 12 that calls for boosting the White House’s request for missile-defense programs by hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]