Space
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SpaceCongress To Probe Possible Need For More Ships For Obama Missile-Defense Plan
By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers seeking more information on President Barack Obama’s new European missile-defense plans intend to grill experts this week on whether additional Navy vessels will be needed […]
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MBDA to Make More Extensive Use of Composite Materials in Missiles
MBDA has launched the CRISTAL project which aims to further extend the maturity level of the composite material molding technology from the Carbone Forge company, as required in order to […]
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Space
Kuwait Air Defense Forces Conduct Successful Patriot Test Firings
The Kuwait Air Defense Forces successfully test fired Raytheon‘s [RTN] Patriot Air and Missile Defense System against tactical ballistic missiles. The test firings were held last month at the Udairi […]
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Lockheed Martin Execs Expect Missile Defense Business to Continue Apace
By Marina Malenic As President Barack Obama begins overhauling the national missile defense system devised by the previous administration, Lockheed Martin [LMT] executives see sales for the company’s related products […]
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Space
Aerojet to Provide MK 125 Warhead for Standard Missile System
GenCorp‘s [GY] Aerojet said it has been selected to provide the MK 125 warhead for Raytheon [RTN] Missile Systems’ family of Standard Missile programs, with deliveries beginning in 2010. “The […]
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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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ULA Caps Banner Launch Year With Successful NASA WISE Launch
Completing an incredible year in which it launched 16 successful missions, United Launch Alliance capped 2009 with the launch of a Delta II carrying NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) […]
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Space
2nd Stage Rocket Motor of Taurus II Launcher Successfully Ground Tested
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] recently said that Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and the Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) successfully ground tested the second stage rocket motor of the company’s […]
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NASA Seeks Input On Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program
By Marina Malenic NASA recently announced that it is considering two significant procurement actions in the area of commercial reusable suborbital spaceflight services. The agency “is requesting technical and programmatic […]