Space
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SpaceRaytheon Receiver Surpasses Milestone in Satellite Tracking
Raytheon [RTN] has surpassed another milestone on its Modernized User Equipment program by achieving live satellite M-code tracking with its MUE receiver. “Our accomplishments on this program have enabled the […]
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Navy Ship Role In New Missile-Defense Architecture Questioned
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel quizzed Pentagon brass Sept. 24 on the budget implications of the Obama administration’s new European missile-defense plan, with some senators questioning if it will […]
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SpaceX’s DragonEye Sensor Successfully Demonstrated on Space Shuttle
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently announced the successful demonstration of a proximity sensor, called DragonEye, on NASA’s STS-127 shuttle mission. “The verification and functionality of SpaceX’s DragonEye are a testament […]
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Data Link Solutions To Provide MIDS-LVT Terminal To Coalition Forces
Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins [COL] and BAE Systems, will provide real-time situational awareness to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and coalition forces under two recent awards […]
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WGS Block II Satellites To Support UAS
By B.C. Kessner The first two Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites Boeing [BA] built for the Air Force are performing well, the third is set to launch in November, and […]
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Northrop Grumman Integrates Webb Space Telescope
The huge assembly standing in Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] high bay looks a lot like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but it’s a full-scale simulator of the space telescope’s key […]
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Kehler: Command Could Track Over 1,000 Space Objects By End of October
By B.C. Kessner The commander of the Air Force Space Command recently said it was closing in on an interim goal of being able to track over 1,000 objects in […]
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New Missile Warning Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Begins Test Phase
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said last month it has begun thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, a major program milestone that will validate […]
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Raytheon’s Laser-Guided Maverick Tracking For Production Deliveries In 2011
By B.C. Kessner Raytheon [RTN] is now working with suppliers and conducting developmental testing of the Air Force’s latest variant of the AGM-65E2 laser-guided Maverick missile, with flight tests scheduled […]
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CongressNASA Authorizers In Senate Say More Money Needed For Human Spaceflight
By Emelie Rutherford Senate NASA authorizers called on President Obama to boost human-spaceflight funding yesterday as it scrutinized a report spelling out alternatives to the agency’s underfunded moon-focused Constellation program. […]