Space
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SpaceU.S. Seeks Agreement For Missile Defense From NATO Allies
By Ann Roosevelt Missile defense was high on the agenda as NATO foreign and defense ministers meet in Brussels 14 Oct. Ahead of the meeting, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh […]
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Boeing, Northrop Grumman Announce Additional GMD Partners
By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Oct. 12 announced their comprehensive partner team to compete for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) development and sustainment […]
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Business/FinancialNASA Bill Approval Won’t Stop Constellation Contracts
By Emelie Rutherford Even though President Barack Obama signed the NASA policy bill into law, contracts with industry for the soon-defunct Constellation program will continue because Congress has not yet passed […]
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Navy Taps Three Companies To Build Next-Gen Missile Radar Prototypes
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy has awarded contracts to three competing companies to develop prototypes for next-generation radars that will improve the service’s ability to thwart anti-ship and ballistic missiles. […]
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Obama Set To Sign NASA Plan That Keeps Some Constellation Aspects
By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama is poised to sign into law a NASA policy bill that would build on work done on the Orion crew capsule and support imminent […]
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Lockheed Martin’s Latest Aegis BMD Capability Completes Formal Testing
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully demonstrated the second generation of its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability, known as 4.0.1, that will defeat more complex ballistic missile threats, […]
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MEADS Successful In NATO Interoperability Demonstration
By Ann Roosevelt The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) battle management capability successfully demonstrated interoperability with the NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS) during a Joint Project Optic […]
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Northrop Grumman and Boeing Partner for Missile Defense Sim Effort
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing [BA] Sept. 27 said they’ve formed a strategic partnership to pursue the potential $850 million competitive contract for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Objective Simulation […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Awarded $119 Million AMDR Contract
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $119 million contract to demonstrate its conceptual designs for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) intended to upgrade the Navy’s future capability […]
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First Space Based Surveillance Satellite Launched
By Marina Malenic The Air Force successfully launched the first Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft last week from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the service said. SBSS is designed to detect, collect, […]