Space
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SpaceMDA 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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Royal Navy’s Sea Viper Missile System Hits its Target
The Royal Navy’s newest air defense missile, designed to arm the Navy’s new fleet of Type 45 destroyers, has successfully completed its toughest test yet during trials in the Mediterranean. […]
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MEADS Passes Key Review
By Marina Malenic A NATO air and missile defense development effort has shown sufficient technological maturity to proceed into its systems integration and flight-testing phases, the system’s manufacturer said last […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Second Live Tracking Exercise for BMD
Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully identified and tracked four live targets during a test of its Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP) being fielded as part of the Aegis next-generation Ballistic Missile Defense […]
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First AEHF Satellite Launched Successfully
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the Air Force was successfully launched Aug. 14 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V rocket […]