Space
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SpaceLockheed Martin, Raytheon Say Risk Reduction Vital To Their JAGM Efforts
Both Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently turned in proposals emphasizing risk reduction for the Joint-Air-To- Ground-Missile (JAGM) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. The JAGM competition is for […]
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Space
NASA Launches Aquarius to Help Measure Oceans’ Salinity
As a part of a collaborative mission with Argentina’s space agency, Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), NASA last week successfully launched the Delta II Aquarius/SAC-D into space from Vandenberg […]
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CongressSTRATCOM: Satellite Jamming Growing Threat
A top Pentagon official testified last Friday he is concerned about the growing threat of adversaries jamming U.S. satellites. Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of U.S. Strategic Command […]
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Space
STRATCOM: Satellite Jamming Growing Threat
A top Pentagon official testified last Friday he is concerned about the growing threat of adversaries jamming U.S. satellites. Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of U.S. Strategic Command […]
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Space
Air Force, Industry Pursuing Maritime Version of JASSM Missile
The Air Force requirements shop is working the details for a potential new-start program to field a maritime version of the air service’s venerable Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), with […]
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Space
MDA Director ‘Confident’ GBI Test Failures Being Addressed
A Senate panel sounded alarms recently about test failures with the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, as a senior Pentagon official sought to assure it the national- missile-defense effort is […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin SBIRS GEO-1 Now In Orbit
The first Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft has successfully reached its intended orbit and is performing as required. The satellite was launched May 7 […]
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Space
Combatant Commands Still See JCIDS As Inefficient, Unresponsive
While the Joint Staff has taken great strides toward getting the combatant commands more involved in the requirements process, the mechanism that turns those requests from the field into actual […]
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Space
Air Force Still Confident In EASE Despite HASC Setback
Air Force officials say they may still be able to institute a new satellite purchasing method, even if the Congress adopts language in the House Armed Services Committee’s markup curtailing […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Finnish Army MLRS Launchers
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it received a $45.3 million contract to upgrade 22 Finnish army M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers, incorporating the Universal Fire Control System and […]