Space
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SpaceSTS-130 Launches on First Mission of Final Year
Space Shuttle Endeavour successfully lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Feb. 8, marking the first flight of 2010 and the beginning of the Shuttle’s final year of operation. During […]
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Lockheed Martin Receives $243 Million For JASSM Lot 8 Production
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received an Air Force contract valued at $243.5 million for an eighth production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. “This contract enables Lockheed Martin to continue […]
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Italian Takes Over NATO Theater Missile Defense Program
Italian Air Force Brig. Gen. Alessandro Pera Feb. 1 took over as the new head of the Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Program Office, succeeding retired Brig. Gen. […]
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NASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued Feb. 1 President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states’ economies are linked to […]
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CongressNASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued yesterday President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states’ economies are linked to the […]
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Air Force Eyes August, September For New Cruise-Missile Analysis
The Air Force has completed a capabilities-based assessment for a follow-on cruise missile that looks at more than just the attributes of such a future munition, a service official said […]
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Navy Experts: More Ships Than Planned Likely Needed For Missile Defense
Military analysts told lawmakers recently the Navy may need to buy dozens of additional ships beyond those currently planned to satisfy President Barack Obama’s vision for sea- based missile defense […]
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Northrop Grumman Will Enter Competition as Prime Contractor for Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense Contract
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it will enter the competition as a prime contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment contract. “We […]
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Key Sensor Delivered To NPOESS Program
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team led by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered a critical sensor, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the company said. NPOESS […]
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Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestones on First Mobile User Objective System Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced recently that it has successfully mated the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite’s high-performance communications system module with the propulsion core at its facilities in […]