Space
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ArmyMullen: New Law Not End of Acquisition Reforms Needed At DoD
By Emelie Rutherford The top U.S. military officer told lawmakers additional reforms to Pentagon weapons-development processes are being considered, and called for a requirements-setting board to focus more on combatant […]
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SpaceQinetiQ Signs $38 Million Propulsion Deal For Mercury Mission
QinetiQ Sept. 2 said that it signed a $38 million contract with European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) Astrium for the supply of the solar-electric propulsion system for European […]
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Space
Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser Defeats Ground Target In Flight Test
Boeing [BA] and the Air Force recently defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft, demonstrating ATL’s first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a […]
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Space
Raytheon Awarded Taiwan Patriot Support Deal
Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded $26.9 million for technical assistance in support of Taiwan’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. This award from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command […]
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Space
SpaceX Delivers Hardware For STS-129 Launch to International Space Station
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said recently it delivered the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch on […]
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Space
Navy Awards Raytheon $93 Million For SM-6
Raytheon [RTN] Sept. 9 said it won the first of several planned low rate initial production (LRIP) contracts to build Standard Missile-6 systems for the Navy. “Standard Missile-6 has been […]
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Space
Second Time’s a Charm For Ares I Solid Rocket Test
By B.C. Kessner NASA and ATK [ATK] Space Systems conducted a successful horizontal ground-firing test of the first stage of the Ares moon rocket Thursday at ATK’s facility in Promontory, […]
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Space
HISPASAT’s Amazonas 2 On-Site For 5<SUP
The initial passenger for Arianespace‘s fifth Ariane 5 mission of this year was delivered to French Guiana recently following a trans-Atlantic cargo flight from Europe and is undergoing initial checkout, […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin’s AEHF Military Comms Satellite Enters Final Testing
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the Air Force has entered final testing at facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company […]
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Space
Northrop Grumman Introduces New Test Bed For NPOESS
Northrop Grumman [NOC] Thursday said it has inaugurated the Electrical Engineering Model Test Bed (EEMTB), a critical tool that will reduce the risk associated with developing the spacecraft for the […]