Space
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SpaceRaytheon to Pitch Fixed-Price Deal In Effort To Save SLAMRAAM
By Marina Malenic The prime contractor for a next-generation Army short-range air defense program is preparing to propose integration of a lower-cost alternative interceptor missile into the system to save […]
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BAE Introduces Boldstroke DIRCM for Aircraft Survivability
By B.C Kessner BAE Systems recently unveiled its Boldstroke directable infrared countermeasures suite (DIRCM), a new integrated aircraft survivability system designed to protect aircraft from infrared-guided missiles and other evolving […]
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Navy Completes 1st Test of New Warhead for Tomahawk Block IV Missile
The Navy completed recently the first live test of the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), meeting all performance objectives for the new warhead for the Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise […]
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MBDA Launches Production of 1st SIMBAD-RC Prototype
MBDA said it has “frozen the general definition” of its navalized, anti-air SIMBAD-RC turret, and that production of the first prototype launched at the end of summer 2010 will be […]
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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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Space
MDA Studies Latest Airborne Laser Shootdown Failure
By Marina Malenic A chemical laser integrated into a Boeing [BA] 747 failed to shoot down a target missile for the second time in a row Thursday, the Missile Defense […]
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Navy Awards ATK $67 Million Contract For Aircraft Missile Warning Components
By B.C. Kessner ATK [ATK] has received a $67-million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Navy for the production of AAR-47 Missile Warning System Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs). […]
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Space
USAF Completes Key SBIRS GEO-2 Integration Activity, Readies GEO-1 For Launch
The Air Force’s second geosynchronous (GEO-2) Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) satellite successfully completed the integration of its two equipment panels onto the spacecraft core module earlier this month at […]