Space
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SpaceMissile Defense Agency Begins MQ-9 Sensor Flight Tests
By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency has begun flight tests of a missile tracking sensor aboard an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, officials from sensor manufacturer Raytheon [RTN] said recently. The […]
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Space
ATK and NASA Report Initial 30-Day Findings From Development Motor
Data from the second successful five segment Development Motor (DM-2) test conducted by ATK [ATK] and NASA show that the new motor performed precisely as designed, providing substantially higher performance […]
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Space
Raytheon 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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
Another Successful Test of HARDBUT System
The second test firing of the Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HARDBUT) Next Generation Multiple Warhead System (NGMWS) was carried out successfully at the French Biscarrosse test range of the […]
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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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Space
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 […]