Space
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SpaceNorthrop 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
Royal Navy’s Sea Viper Missile System Hits its Target
The Royal Navy’s newest air defense missile, designed to arm the Navy’s new fleet of Type 45 destroyers, has successfully completed its toughest test yet during trials in the Mediterranean. […]
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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 […]
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Space
First AEHF Satellite Launched Successfully
The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the Air Force was successfully launched Aug. 14 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V rocket […]
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Space
Air Force Expects September SBSS Launch
By Marina Malenic The Air Force has implemented corrective actions associated with a Minotaur IV rocket software problem and now expects a September launch of the Space Based Space Surveillance […]
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Space
First GPS IIF Satellite On Orbit, Air Force Says
The first GPS IIF satellite is in its designated orbital position and ready for its final phase of on-orbit checkout and testing, officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s […]
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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 […]