Space
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SpaceAir 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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
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 […]
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Space
Raytheon Continues To Demonstrate Successful Tests of SM-6
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] conducted the fourth successful flight test of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as the company readies to take its anti-cruise missile weapon to sea later this […]
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Space
Air Force Awards ULA WGS-4 Satellite Launch
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center recently awarded United Launch Alliance a contract modification to perform the launch services for the Wideband Global SATCOM-4 (WGS-4) satellite aboard a […]
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Space
Booz Allen Hamilton Gets $38.4 Million Spacelift Range Support Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $38.4 million Launch & Test Range System (LTRS) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contract, which provides support to the Los Angeles-based Spacelift Range […]
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Space
Raytheon Continues To Demonstrate Successful Tests of SM-6
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] conducted the fourth successful flight test of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as the company readies to take its anti-cruise missile weapon to sea later this […]
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Space
Royal Australian Navy Test-Fires Raytheon Standard Missile-2
The Royal Australian Navy fired Raytheon’s [RTN] Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missile during recent tests on board the HMAS Melbourne. “With this firing, Melbourne‘s crew validated the work […]