Space
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SpaceAriane 5 Readied for Launch of Helios 2B Reconnaissance Satellite
Arianespace‘s wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its liftoff this week with France’s Helios 2B military observation satellite. This seventh launch of the year is […]
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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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Northrop Grumman To Conduct Early-Intercept Work For MDA
By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency has ordered some additional early-intercept demonstration experiments from Northrop Grumman [NOC] that will put to use technologies developed for the company’s recently terminated […]
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Senate Poised To Grant Early Endorsement of Obama Missile Defense Plan
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate was poised last week to approve a Pentagon money shift that would amount to one of lawmakers’ first endorsements of President Barack Obama’s new European […]
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Space
P&W Successfully Tests Thruster for Unmanned Lunar Lander
Using technology developed for the nation’s ballistic missile defense system, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne [UTX] successfully completed hot-fire thruster tests demonstrating the ability of miniaturized thrusters to perform the descent […]
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Navy Demonstrates Tomahawk Anti-Jam Capability Against Time-Critical Targets
The Navy earlier this month demonstrated the effectiveness of the Tomahawk Block IV’s new anti-jam GPS system during an operational test, the service said. The Tomahawk Block IV was launched […]
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Lockheed Martin To Absorb JASSM Retrofit Costs, Air Force Says
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon’s multibillion-dollar Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) will not suffer from cost overruns resulting from faulty components discovered in testing last year, the Air Force program […]
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STS-129 Launches on Logistics Mission to International Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched Nov. 16 on an 11-day mission to deliver 14 tons of supplies, science experiments and spare parts to the International Space Station as the outpost transitions […]