Space
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SpaceSuccessful Launch of Helios 2B satellite
The Helios 2B military observation satellite, built for the French Ministry of Defence by EADS Astrium as prime contractor and featuring a very-high-resolution optical imaging instrument produced by Thales Alenia […]
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Space
JFCOM Collaborates To Create Joint Missile Training Environment
By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) last week hosted the All Things Missile (ATM) proof of concept demonstration, a collaborative effort to consolidate disparate missile simulation environments into […]
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Space
Orbital Awarded Phase 2 Contract For System 6
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] said Dec. 18 that it has been awarded a Phase 2 contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, VA, to develop the final […]
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Space
Aegis BMD 4.0.1 Successfully Tracks And Engages Targets
The second generation of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, BMD 4.0.1, successfully detected, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against a variety of different ballistic missile targets […]
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Northrop Grumman Advanced Composite Mate Joint Passes Stringent Tests
An innovative method for joining composite structures implemented by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has passed a series of intensive structural tests, paving the way for the use of composites in future […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin Team Passes Critical Design Review for Solar Ultraviolet Imager for GOES-R Satellite Series
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] team awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, […]
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Orbital Awarded New Contract For IS-23 Communications Satellite by Intelsat
Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] Dec. 17 said that it has been selected by Intelsat, the leading provider of fixed satellite services, to design, build and deliver the Intelsat 23 (IS-23) […]
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ATK Successfully Tests Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] Dec. 15 performed a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle at ATK’s […]
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Lockheed Martin Achieves Critical ’09 Global Ballistic Missile Defense Milestones
Lockheed Martin [LMT] missile defense systems achieved several key milestones in 2009, including five successful intercepts and numerous other major accomplishments, the company said recently. With 20 successful Aegis BMD […]
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Space
Wind River Operating System Selected by NASA For Ares I and V
Wind River last week said that NASA has selected its VxWorks 653 as the real-time operating system for the flight and command computers in the Ares I and Ares V […]