Space
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SpaceNASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama’s attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA’s leader Feb. 25 about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight […]
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Space
ATK and NASA Perform Final Ground Test for Space Shuttle Program
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA Feb. 25 successfully performed the final ground test of a reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) for the Space Shuttle program at ATK’s Promontory, Utah facility. […]
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Army Aims To Kill MEADS Development Effort
By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and […]
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Raytheon Delivers 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile to Navy
In a significant production milestone, Raytheon [RTN] delivered the 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. “Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with a combat-proven weapon that […]
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Successful Intercept Test For Lockheed Martin Enhanced PAC-3 Missile
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target recently at White Sands Missile […]
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BAE Systems’ APKWS Successful In Marine Operational Assessment
BAE Systems‘ recently announced Marine aviators completed an operational assessment of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) with eight direct hits in eight shots. The operational assessment confirms that […]
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CongressNASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama’s attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA’s leader yesterday about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight vehicles. […]
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Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone At Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has achieved a key integrated test milestone on the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft at its facilities in Sunnyvale, […]
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ALTB Successful In First Lethal Ballistic Missile Intercept
By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) destroyed […]
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Space
Air Force Launches Solar Observatory
The 45th Space Wing Feb. 11 launched a rocket carrying the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a NASA spacecraft, out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The United Launch Alliance Atlas […]