Space
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SpaceTHAAD 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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
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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Space
Kuwait Requests About $900 Million In Patriot Sales
Kuwait is requesting an approximately $900 million Foreign Military Sale to buy Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-T (GEM-T) missiles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Aug. 10. Kuwait requested […]
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Space
Airborne Laser Test Bed Expanding The Envelope
By Ann Roosevelt The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) is preparing for another test as it continues to expand the envelope of the speed-of-light capability examining the potential of directed […]
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Space
ATK and NASA to Perform Second Ground Test of the Ares Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA will test the second fully developed Ares five-segment solid rocket motor, known as Development Motor-2 (DM-2). The five-segment rocket motor is an upgraded version of […]
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Space
Aerojet Successfully Demonstrates Next Generation Solid Ramjet Fuel
GenCorp‘s [GY] Aerojet said Aug. 10 that it has successfully tested an advanced solid ramjet fuel in an engine ground test. The fuel is being developed to provide long-range, high-speed […]
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Space
Senate OKs NASA Bill That Could Give Solid-Rocket Motor Industry Reprieve
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a NASA policy-setting bill recently that could help the solid-rocket motor industry in the wake of the cancellation of the Constellation manned-spaceflight program. The […]
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Space
Orbital Gets $125 Million-Plus NASA Rocket Program Contract
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] has been selected by NASA for the prime contractor role on the space agency’s Sounding Rocket Operations Contract II (NSROC II) program. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity […]