Space
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SpaceLockheed 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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Space
Shift In European Missile Defense Plan Opens Door For New Uses For Ship-Based BMD
By Geoff Fein The administration’s decision to shift its missile defense policy for Europe away from a land-based system has allowed for the Navy to examine using its ship-based ballistic […]
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Air Force Delays WGS 3 Satellite Launch
The launch of United Launch Alliance‘s Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite was postponed late last week due to inclement weather. WGS 3 is […]
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Jordan Requests $388 Million JAVELIN Guided Missile System FMS
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Dec. 2 of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Jordan of JAVELIN Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, Fly-to-Buy Missiles, JAVELIN Command Launch Units (CLUs) […]
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Raytheon Awarded $17 Million To Upgrade South Korea’s Patriot Systems
Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $17.2 million Foreign Military Sales contract modification to deliver capability upgrades for South Korea’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. With emphasis on upgrading […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin and Air Force Complete SBIRS GEO-1 Thermal-Vac Testing
A joint Air Force/Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led team said Dec. 1 that it has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, one […]
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Orbital-Built Intelsat 15 Satellite Successfully Launched from Kazakhstan
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] said recently that the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, built by the company for Intelsat, was successfully launched into orbit aboard a Land Launch Zenit-3 rocket from […]
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Space
Japan Conducts Successful Patriot Test Firings
The Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) concluded at Fort Bliss, Texas, its annual training exercise that included target engagement and successful test firings of the Patriot Air and Missile […]
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Space
Successful Launch for Eutelsat’s W7 Satellite Built By Thales
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Eutelsat‘s W7 satellite Nov. 24 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor of the spacecraft that will deliver […]
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The 1st 2 Soyuz Launchers Arrive in French Guiana
Arianespace recently has marked a historic milestone with the arrival of its first two Soyuz launchers in French Guiana, which will be used to inaugurate service with this medium-lift workhorse […]