Space
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SpaceOrbital Successfully Launches Minotaur IV Rocket For U.S. Air Force
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] today announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in support of the Air Force’s Space Test Program-S26 (STP-S26) mission. “The third successful […]
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ULA Successful Delta IV Heavy Mission Caps Off 2010 Launch Schedule
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37. Cape Canaveral, Fla. at 5:58 p.m. EST Nov. […]
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Companies Submit Space Fence Bids
By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] have submitted proposals for the next phase of Space Fence, a next-generation tracking radar that will monitor objects in space, executives […]
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Boeing Launches 4th Earth-Observation Satellite for Italy
Boeing [BA] on Nov. 5 successfully launched the last in a series of four SkyMed spacecraft for the Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO). “We are […]
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MBDA Signs Cooperation Agreement With Italy’s CIRA
MBDA Italy and the Italian Centre for Aerospace Research (CIRA) last week announced they have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at advancing in the most effective way the operational skills […]
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U.K. Looks Beyond Fighters Jets To Missiles, UCAVs In JSF Buy Cut
By Marina Malenic Next generation combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and long-range missiles will soon replace the United Kingdom’s fighter fleet, a top British military official said last week. “We […]
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Raytheon-Boeing Team Complete Key JAGM Milestone
By Marina Malenic Prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] and its partner Boeing [BA] completed flight testing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile’s (JAGM) fixed-wing launcher and instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) on the […]
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Japanese Aegis Destroyer Successfully Completes Missile-Intercept Test
By Marina Malenic A Japanese warship outfitted with the U.S.-manufactured Aegis ballistic defense system recently tracked and destroyed a target missile off the coast of Hawaii, the two governments said. […]
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Missile Defense Agency Begins MQ-9 Sensor Flight Tests
By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency has begun flight tests of a missile tracking sensor aboard an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, officials from sensor manufacturer Raytheon [RTN] said recently. The […]
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ATK and NASA Report Initial 30-Day Findings From Development Motor
Data from the second successful five segment Development Motor (DM-2) test conducted by ATK [ATK] and NASA show that the new motor performed precisely as designed, providing substantially higher performance […]