Space
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SpaceBoeing Gets Follow-on Contract For WGS SATCOM Program
By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] said last week the Air Force has authorized $182 million for the company to begin work on the seventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, which […]
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NASA Eyes Competition In Push To Build Commercial Spaceflight Industry
By Emelie Rutherford NASA officials stressed recently that they want ample competition as well as space industry investment in their effort to help private U.S. companies develop systems to carry […]
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MDA Seeking Savings Through Competition
By Marina Malenic Seeking to trim costs under Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ efficiency initiative, the Missile Defense Agency is examining the possibility of opening tens of billions of dollars worth […]
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Lockheed Martin Adds Partners For Pursuit of MDA Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it added some 11 companies to its team in the pursuit of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract. MDA […]
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THAAD Production Line On Hold as MDA Continues Contractor Crackdown
By Marina Malenic The manufacturer of a U.S. theater ballistic missile defense system has agreed to assume additional financial liability to open a production line for the system’s interceptor missiles, […]
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Northrop Grumman, MDA Complete End-to-End BMD System Simulation
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Northrop Grumman [NOC] have finalized verification and validation of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Performance Assessment 2009 (PA09). “Performance Assessment 2009 was […]
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Northrop Grumman Delivers First Battery Engagement Operations Center for IAMD Battle Command System
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the first battery engagement operations center for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) to the U.S. Army. The milestone was […]
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Air Force Announces Successful AEHF Launch
By Marina Malenic The Air Force’s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Aug. 4, officials said. […]
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Kuwait Requests About $900 Million In Patriot Sales
Kuwait is requesting an approximately $900 million Foreign Military Sale to buy Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-T (GEM-T) missiles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Aug. 10. Kuwait requested […]
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Airborne Laser Test Bed Expanding The Envelope
By Ann Roosevelt The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) is preparing for another test as it continues to expand the envelope of the speed-of-light capability examining the potential of directed […]