Space
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SpaceIndustry Teams Submit Proposals For GMD Development And Sustainment To MDA
Teams led Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA]-Northrop Grumman [NOC] last week submitted proposals for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract to the Missile Defense Agency’s […]
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SpaceDoD Awards Two Space Fence Design Contracts
Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have each received a $107 million contract for preliminary design of a next- generation tracking radar that will monitor objects in space. Under the […]
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SpaceDoD, Northrop Grumman Look To Finalize New DWSS Contract By End of Year
Air Force Space and Missile Command (SMC), along with industry counterparts at Northrop Grumman [NOC] plan to have a contract in place for the service’s new defense weather satellite system […]
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SpaceRaytheon Awarded $145 million For Patriot GEM-T Missiles For Kuwait
Raytheon [RTN] last week said it received a $145 million Foreign Military Sales production contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles-Tactical (GEM-T) to augment Kuwait’s air and missile defense. The U.S. […]
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SpaceNRO Satellite Launched Aboard Delta 4 Rocket
United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently launched a second classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office from a launch pad at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the company said. A Delta 4 […]
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SpaceAir Force Expands GPS Coverage By Repositioning Satellites
The 50th Space Wing at Schriever AFB, Colo., has completed the first of a two-phase Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation expansion known as “Expandable-24,” the wing said recently. When fully […]
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SpaceEuropean Deployment of Aegis BMD Ground Variant Planned For 2015
By Carlo Munoz A new ground variant of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] premiere ballistic missile defense system could be in place in Eastern Europe by 2015, as part of the Obama […]
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SpaceArmy Kills SLAMRAAM, NLOS-LS Programs, Reinvests Savings
The Army proposes $29 billion in cost savings over five years, including termination of the Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) and Non-Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS- LS) […]
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SpaceGeoEye Awarded Contract For Vessel Monitoring System For Maldives
GeoEye recently said that it had won a contract from Maldives for a fisheries management and safety vessel monitoring system. As part of the deal, GeoEye will supply 10 Osprey […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Verifies Crosslink Capabilities Between STSS Demo Satellites
The effectiveness of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites has been expanded after a communication crosslink was activated and tested by prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] and […]