Space
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Business/FinancialUnited Space Alliance To Layoff 15 Percent of Shuttle Workforce
The Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] joint venture United Space Alliance (USA) yesterday said it will layoff about 15 percent of its current Space Shuttle support workforce to better […]
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SpaceOrbital’s Pegasus and Taurus Rockets Selected to Launch Two NASA Scientific Satellites
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] July 1 said it received two separate orders from NASA to launch scientific satellites on its industry-leading small rockets, Pegasus XL and Taurus XL. “Pegasus and […]
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SpaceMDA Successfully Conducts Lowest Altitude THAAD Intercept Test
By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army successfully conducted the seventh of seven intercept tests for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) element of the […]
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SpaceNASA Begins New Heavy-Lift Rocket Planning
By Emelie Rutherford NASA last week kicked off its effort to develop a new heavy-lift rocket by 2015, just as some members of Congress crafted plans to speed up that […]
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SpaceNew Space Policy Promotes International Cooperation, Private Industry
By Marina Malenic The Obama administration has issued a new national space policy that emphasizes international cooperation and support for a robust space industrial base. In a written statement issued […]
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SpaceMBDA Successfully Completes Four Aster Missile Shots
MBDA last week said it successfully completed firings of its Aster 30 missile to demonstrate the effectiveness of the missile. Over the last month, the firings were conducted from the […]
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SpaceSenators Charge NASA Not Following Law With Constellation Wind Down
By Emelie Rutherford Six pro-NASA senators are ramping up their complaints that the agency allegedly is not following the law and fully funding the ill-fated Constellation space flight program before […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Completes GPS IIIB Milestone
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said recently that it successfully completed a key requirements review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite series under the Air Force’s next generation GPS III […]
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SpaceHarris Awarded $140 Million Contract to Modernize Ground Segment for NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
General Dynamics [GD] awarded Harris [HRS] a five-year, $140 million contract by to modernize the ground segment of the satellite communications network used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]
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SpaceNavy Awards Raytheon $368 Million in Contracts for SM-6
The Navy awarded Raytheon [RTN] contracts totaling $368 million with potential modifications for low rate initial production to manufacture Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) systems over a three-year period. “Low rate initial […]