Space
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SpaceRoyal 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 […]
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With NSFS AoA In Navy’s Hands, Lockheed Martin, BAE Move Forward On ERM
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems prepared to test fire several rounds of the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) last week, part of a larger effort […]
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Air Force-Lockheed Martin Team Achieves SBIRS Milestones
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program has achieved two key milestones: a testing milestone demonstrating that the ground system is […]
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Orbital Awarded Phase 2 Contract For System 6
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] said Dec. 18 that it has been awarded a Phase 2 contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, VA, to develop the final […]
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Aegis BMD 4.0.1 Successfully Tracks And Engages Targets
The second generation of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, BMD 4.0.1, successfully detected, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against a variety of different ballistic missile targets […]
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Northrop Grumman Advanced Composite Mate Joint Passes Stringent Tests
An innovative method for joining composite structures implemented by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has passed a series of intensive structural tests, paving the way for the use of composites in future […]
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Lockheed Martin Team Passes Critical Design Review for Solar Ultraviolet Imager for GOES-R Satellite Series
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] team awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, […]
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Orbital Awarded New Contract For IS-23 Communications Satellite by Intelsat
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] Dec. 17 said that it has been selected by Intelsat, the leading provider of fixed satellite services, to design, build and deliver the Intelsat 23 (IS-23) […]
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ATK Successfully Tests Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] Dec. 15 performed a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle at ATK’s […]
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Lockheed Martin Achieves Critical ’09 Global Ballistic Missile Defense Milestones
Lockheed Martin [LMT] missile defense systems achieved several key milestones in 2009, including five successful intercepts and numerous other major accomplishments, the company said recently. With 20 successful Aegis BMD […]