Space
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SpaceAerojet Completes Second Series of Vibration and Hot Fire Risk Reduction Engine Tests for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Aerojet, a GenCorp [GY] company, successfully completed a second series of vibration and altitude hot-fire tests on its 160-pound thrust mono- propellant rocket engine planned for use on NASA’s Orion […]
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Obama Revives Scaled-Down Orion Program For NASA
By Marina Malenic Pledging a “transformative agenda” for NASA, President Barack Obama said his new national space plan aims to send Americans to an asteroid and eventually to Mars in […]
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DoD Gives Preview of New Obama Space Policy
By Marina Malenic The Obama administration’s new space policy will emphasize cooperation with other space-faring nations as well as the creation of good “rules of the road” as technology evolves […]
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Quality Is Focus of Arianespace following Ariane 5’s launch postponement
Arianespace has initiated a multi-phase effort to pinpoint and resolve the technical issue that postponed its initial Ariane 5 flight of 2010, as well as revalidate quality control procedures for […]
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Advocacy Group Calls For Detailed U.S. Space Strategy
By Marina Malenic An aviation industry advocacy group called on President Barack Obama to lay out a strategy for human spaceflight, including concrete timelines, when he arrived in Florida for […]
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Army Seeks Responses To JAGM Draft RFP
The Army wants responses and comments by April 30 to its draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) engineering and manufacturing development and low-rate initial production. The […]
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Honeywell Develops SERDES Electronics Selected for International Space Station
Honeywell [HON] said recently that the space industry’s first radiation hardened electronic component for communication systems, which improves the speed of serial data communication fifty-fold over existing space electronics, has […]
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Lockheed Martin Delivers the 1,000th JAASM To Air Force
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program team has delivered its 1,000th missile to the Air Force. “This milestone shows the resolve of Lockheed Martin employees to deliver […]
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Powers X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Launch
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne [UTX] Apr. 22 helped boost into orbit the U.S. military’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. “Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is pleased to provide power for the U.S. […]
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Senators Prod MDA To Keep Hitting Sub-Par Contractors
By Emelie Rutherford A key lawmaker encouraged the Pentagon Apr. 20 to continue punishing companies for producing poor-quality missile-defense products, suggesting “warranties” be added to contracts to prevent the government […]