Space
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SpaceKey Sensor Delivered To NPOESS Program
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team led by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered a critical sensor, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the company said. NPOESS […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestones on First Mobile User Objective System Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced recently that it has successfully mated the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite’s high-performance communications system module with the propulsion core at its facilities in […]
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Space
Raytheon Continues To Demonstrate Successful Tests of SM-6
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] conducted the fourth successful flight test of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as the company readies to take its anti-cruise missile weapon to sea later this […]
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Space
Aerojet to Provide MK 125 Warhead for Standard Missile System
GenCorp‘s [GY] Aerojet said it has been selected to provide the MK 125 warhead for Raytheon [RTN] Missile Systems’ family of Standard Missile programs, with deliveries beginning in 2010. “The […]
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Space
Air Force Awards ULA WGS-4 Satellite Launch
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center recently awarded United Launch Alliance a contract modification to perform the launch services for the Wideband Global SATCOM-4 (WGS-4) satellite aboard a […]
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Space
Booz Allen Hamilton Gets $38.4 Million Spacelift Range Support Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $38.4 million Launch & Test Range System (LTRS) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) contract, which provides support to the Los Angeles-based Spacelift Range […]
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Space
Raytheon Continues To Demonstrate Successful Tests of SM-6
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] conducted the fourth successful flight test of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as the company readies to take its anti-cruise missile weapon to sea later this […]
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Space
Royal Australian Navy Test-Fires Raytheon Standard Missile-2
The Royal Australian Navy fired Raytheon’s [RTN] Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missile during recent tests on board the HMAS Melbourne. “With this firing, Melbourne‘s crew validated the work […]
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Space
With NSFS AoA In Navy’s Hands, Lockheed Martin, BAE Move Forward On ERM
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems prepared to test fire several rounds of the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) last week, part of a larger effort […]
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Space
Air Force-Lockheed Martin Team Achieves SBIRS Milestones
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program has achieved two key milestones: a testing milestone demonstrating that the ground system is […]