Space
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SpaceBoeing 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 […]
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Air Force Preps First GPS IIF Launch To Upgrade Constellation
By Marina Malenic The first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite, which is expected to initiate a new safety-of-life civil signal and upgrade existing service to both civil and military […]
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Senate Examines Missile Defense Role Under START Treaty
By Emelie Rutherford As Congress held the first hearing recently on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia, supporters emphasized the pact would […]
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Kongsberg Offering Its Naval Strike Missile As DDG-51 Surface Warfare Solution
By Geoff Fein Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg will begin deliveries this year of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM), designed for multiple platform uses and potentially the U.S. Navy, according to […]
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Raytheon’s SM-6 to Begin Sea-Based Tests
By B.C. Kessner Raytheon‘s [RTN] Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) begins sea-based flight testing this month, keeping the program on track for initial operational capability (IOC) in 2011, the company said Monday. […]