Space
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SpaceTHAAD Radar Performs Successfully in Missile Defense Test at Pacific Range
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon [RTN] performed successfully in the latest integrated THAAD flight test, the company said recently. “This test again demonstrates the […]
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Drop In Solid Rocket Motor Production Could Impact D-5, Official Says
By Geoff Fein As the demand from both NASA and the Air Force for solid rocket motors declines, the cost to produce and maintain the Trident II D-5 submarine launched […]
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DeYoung Looks To Sharpen ATK’s Focus On Organic, International Growth
By Calvin Biesecker Despite pressure on defense spending in the United States and abroad, ATK‘s [ATK] new chief believes his company has plenty of opportunities to improve its market position […]
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Lockheed Martin Partners With NANA Development For GMD Work
By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] and NANA Development Corp. recently said they are partnering in the competition for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and […]
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Senate NASA Appropriators Back Accelerated Plan For Heavy-Lift Rocket
By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate budget-writing panel endorsed a NASA budget July 22 that largely heeds a new compromise between lawmakers and the White House to build a heavy-lift […]
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Solid Rocket Motor Industry Too Big, Pentagon Says
By Marina Malenic LONDON–The U.S. solid rocket motor industrial base must be consolidated after years of continued overcapacity, the Pentagon’s top industrial policy official said recently. “We are looking at […]
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Derco Signs Agreement With ATK to Distribute Missile Warning and Surveillance Systems
Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky [UTX] Aerospace Services company, said July 21 that it had signed an agreement with Alliant Techsystems [ATK] to distribute its AAR-47 Missile and Laser Warning System […]
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Alabama Officials Envision ‘Aerospace Corridor’ With New Missile Factory
By Marina Malenic LONDON–Raytheon‘s [RTN] plan to build a new missile facility in Huntsville, Ala., could contribute to a booming aerospace sector on the Gulf Coast, officials from the state […]
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ATK Delivers First Production AARGMs to the Navy
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] said recently that the Navy has accepted the initial deliveries of AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) production missiles. “We are very proud of the hard work […]
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Key Republican Backs U.S.-Polish Missile Interceptor Agreement
By Emelie Rutherford A key Republican missile-defense strategist applauded recently a new U.S.-Poland agreement that paves the way for President Barack Obama’s European missile defense plans. Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), […]