Space
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SpaceAerojet Validates Engine Design for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Aerojet, a GenCorp [GY] company, last week successfully completed a second set of hot-fire test sequences of its R-1E 25-pound thrust, bipropellant engine, validating the engine design for NASA’s Orion […]
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Arianespace to Launch Skynet 5D Military Communications Satellite
EADS Astrium has selected Arianespace to launch the fourth satellite in the Skynet 5 constellation. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace chairman and CEO, on 20 May announced the launch contract signing […]
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GOP Irked By Russian Stance On START Treaty Limiting Missile Defense
By Emelie Rutherford Senior administration officials tried to convince skeptical Republican senators yesterday that U.S. missile-defense plans would not be impeded by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) […]
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Pranalytica Announces Aircraft Missile Defense Laser Breakthrough
Pranalytica, Inc. May 18 announced the introduction of the two-watt, fully packaged, continuous wave, room temperature quantum cascade laser (QCL) system, Model 1101-40, emitting at a wavelength of 4.0 microns, […]
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House Authorizers Propose Missile-Defense Spending Boost
By Emelie Rutherford A House panel approved Pentagon budget legislation May 12 that calls for boosting the White House’s request for missile-defense programs by hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]
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Air Force Preps First GPS IIF Launch To Upgrade Constellation
By Marina Malenic The first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite, which is expected to initiate a new safety-of-life civil signal and upgrade existing service to both civil and military […]
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Industry Teams Clear Key Tests With Final JAGM RFP Pending
By Marina Malenic The two industry teams competing for the Pentagon’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) production contract have submitted responses to a draft solicitation and reported successful early testing this […]
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Army Competition Opened ‘Pandora’s Box’ For HIMARS Program
By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are concerned about completing the buy of High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), after incumbant BAE Systems lost a competitive rebuy of the Family of Tactical […]
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Northrop Grumman To Move Corporate HQ To Virginia In 2011
Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it will move its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to Northern Virginia in the summer of 2011. “Our final decision was driven largely by facility […]
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Orbital Launches First Minotaur IV For Air Force
Orbital Sciences [ORB] recently announced its successful launch of the first Minotaur IV rocket in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) program. The […]