Space
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Business/FinancialGAO Denies Raytheon Protest Of Sole-Source Aegis Mod Contract To Lockheed Martin
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Dec. 22 denied Raytheon’s [RTN] protests against several sole-source, non-competitive contracts that the Navy earmarked for Lockheed Martin [LMT] for modernization of Aegis weapon-control systems […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Sets Contract Announcement For Commercial Spacecraft Flights To International Space Station
NASA tomorrow will make a live-broadcast announcement on a contract for commercial private space flights that would use a crewed spacecraft on transport missions to and from the International Space […]
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Business/Financial
Iranian, North Korean, Nuclear Programs Pose Proliferation Threat, But U.S. Missile Defense Shield Could Limit Danger, Attacks: Commission
Iran and North Korea are at a tipping point, prepared to plunge ahead with nuclear programs and missile development that could lead to a cascade of nuclear proliferation across the […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Calls for Comment on Draft Altair Request for Proposals
NASA released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, for designing the Altair lunar lander vehicle. Altair would ride to the moon with the Orion space capsule. The Constellation Program […]
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Homeland Security
China May Have Launched Prototype Of A Maneuvering Space-Based Anti-Satellite Weapon System: Report
China, in a recent manned mission, may have released a microsatellite to serve as a prototype of a space-based anti-satellite weapon, a new report states. Not long after its release, […]
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Business/Financial
Chandrayaan-1 Lunar Orbiter Sensor Activated, Raytheon Says
A water-detecting sensor on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter launched by India has been activated successfully, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation told Raytheon the sensor […]
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CongressChina Seen Beating United States In Manned Mission To The Moon
When U.S. astronauts next set foot on the moon, they likely will be following Chinese taikonauts there, an aerospace leader predicted. Marion Blakey, the Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO, […]
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Business/Financial
Dassault Acquires Alcatel-Lucent Share Of Thales
Dassault Aviation signed papers to acquire Alcatel-Lucent [ALU] shares in Thales, Alcatel-Lucent announced. The deal involved 41,262,481 Thales shares. This transaction will be based on a price of Euro38 per […]
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Business/Financial
Changing From Ares Rocket To EELVs Would Cost Money, Time: NASA Leaders
If NASA shifts even partially from its Constellation Program plan for building the new Ares rocket family, and decides instead to convert and adapt the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) […]
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Congress
Glory Days: NASA Remembers When First Lunar Circumnavigation Mission Launched Into Space 40 Years Ago
NASA is commemorating the heady days in the 1960s when the United States was committing enormous resources, both financial and technological, to its space program, with a celebration this week […]