Space
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Integrates Webb Space Telescope
The huge assembly standing in Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] high bay looks a lot like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but it’s a full-scale simulator of the space telescope’s key […]
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Kehler: Command Could Track Over 1,000 Space Objects By End of October
By B.C. Kessner The commander of the Air Force Space Command recently said it was closing in on an interim goal of being able to track over 1,000 objects in […]
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New Missile Warning Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Begins Test Phase
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said last month it has begun thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, a major program milestone that will validate […]
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Raytheon’s Laser-Guided Maverick Tracking For Production Deliveries In 2011
By B.C. Kessner Raytheon [RTN] is now working with suppliers and conducting developmental testing of the Air Force’s latest variant of the AGM-65E2 laser-guided Maverick missile, with flight tests scheduled […]
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COMSATBw-1 Military Satellite in Final Pre-Launch Processing in Kourou
The German military communications satellite COMSATBw-1, built and integrated by Thales Alenia Space, is now in its pre-launch processing phase in Kourou (French Guiana). The satellite should be launched end […]
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Second AEHF Satellite Completes Major Environmental Test at Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it has successfully completed acoustic testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite. “Successful completion of this rigorous test demonstrates the […]
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Raytheon Demonstrates Ability To Launch An AIM-9X From Submarine
By Geoff Fein The Navy and a Raytheon [RTN]-led team have been exploring the use of a submarine-launched AIM-9X sidewinder air-to-air missile to provide self- defense against enemy aircraft and […]
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Orbital Awarded New Minotaur V Mission By USAF and NASA
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] recently said that the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) recently ordered the first Minotaur V launch vehicle under the company’s Orbital/Suborbital Program-2 (OSP-2) […]
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Boeing FAB-T Satellite Communications Program Completes 1st Flight Tests
Boeing [BA] recently said that its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program successfully conducted its first series of flight tests. “Flying FAB-T for the first time is a […]
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TALON Laser-Guided Rocket Team Completes 1st Guided Test Flights
Raytheon [RTN] and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) completed the first guided test flights of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket. “These tests validate our low-cost development approach for a reliable precision guidance […]