Space
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SpaceDoD Sees Export Reforms Aiding Post-Constellation Space Industry
By Emelie Rutherford Faced with lawmakers concerned about how proposed NASA changes might harm the solid-rocket-motor industrial base, Pentagon officials said recently they hope easing export processes would help impacted […]
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Business/FinancialMDA Chief: Quality Control of Missile-Defense Products Major Challenge
By Emelie Rutherford A senior Pentagon official told missile-defense contractors yesterday "quality control" of industry products is so poor it has risen to be one of the preeminent problems facing […]
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Orbital Buys GD Unit, Enters Medium Satellite Market
By Calvin Biesecker Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] recently said it has agreed to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics [GD] for $55 million, giving the company […]
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MBDA Reorganizes U.S. Subsidiary
MBDA announced the re-organization of its U.S.-based subsidiary, MBDA Inc. as a stand-alone national company. MBDA Inc.’s new U.S. headquarters and team are in place in Arlington, Va. The company […]
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United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NASA/NOAA Weather Satellite
United Launch Alliance, on behalf of Boeing Launch Services, successfully launched the third of three next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) missions for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
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3rd Boeing-Built WGS Satellite Passes On-Orbit Tests
Boeing [BA] announced Mar. 3 that the Air Force accepted control of the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) military communications satellite on March 1, after the spacecraft passed several weeks […]
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Air ForcePentagon Studying Impact of NASA Constellation Cancellation
By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are studying how President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel NASA’s Constellation spaceflight program would impact the military’s solid-rocket-motor efforts. The White House’s fiscal year 2011 […]
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Pentagon Studying Impact of NASA Constellation Cancellation
By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are studying how President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel NASA’s Constellation spaceflight program would impact the military’s solid-rocket-motor efforts. The White House’s fiscal year 2011 […]
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Aerojet and Orbital Complete Main Engine Lifetime Testing for Taurus II Space Launch Vehicle
Aerojet, a GenCorp [GY] company, and Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB], along with Aerojet’s Russian partner, SNTK, announced today that a series of NK-33 rocket engine tests conducted in Samara, Russia […]
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SpaceX and Space Systems/Loral Sign Contract for Falcon 9 Geosynchronous Transfer Mission
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) have signed an agreement for the launch of an SS/L manufactured satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 as early as 2012. For […]