Space
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Business/FinancialOrbital Buys GD Unit, Enters Medium Satellite Market
By Calvin Biesecker Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] last Thursday said it has agreed to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics [GD] for $55 million, giving the […]
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SpaceIntegral Systems Completes Milestone to Provide Air Force Counterspace Capabilities
Integral Systems [ISYS] Monday said it successfully completed the Required Asset Available (RAA) milestone for the Rapid Attack Identification, Detection Reporting System (RAIDRS) Block 10 (RB-10) Central Operating Location (COL) […]
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ATK To Ship ORS-1 In Quick Response To Urgent Military Needs
By B.C Kessner ATK [ATK] met a major milestone recently as it conducted final testing and prepared to ship the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite bus to Goodrich [GR], after […]
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NASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama’s attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA’s leader Feb. 25 about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight […]
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ATK and NASA Perform Final Ground Test for Space Shuttle Program
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA Feb. 25 successfully performed the final ground test of a reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) for the Space Shuttle program at ATK’s Promontory, Utah facility. […]
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Army Aims To Kill MEADS Development Effort
By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and […]
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Raytheon Delivers 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile to Navy
In a significant production milestone, Raytheon [RTN] delivered the 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. “Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with a combat-proven weapon that […]
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Successful Intercept Test For Lockheed Martin Enhanced PAC-3 Missile
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target recently at White Sands Missile […]
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BAE Systems’ APKWS Successful In Marine Operational Assessment
BAE Systems‘ recently announced Marine aviators completed an operational assessment of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) with eight direct hits in eight shots. The operational assessment confirms that […]
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CongressNASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama’s attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA’s leader yesterday about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight vehicles. […]