Space
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Completes Static Load Tests of First MUOS Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has achieved a key milestone in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) with the successful completion of static loads testing of the first satellite […]
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ATK In Technology Development Pact With Ad Astra
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and Ad Astra Rocket Company yesterday said they have signed a Technology Development Alliance aimed at exploring how both companies can work together to develop in-space propulsion […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Pursuing $18 Billion of Satellite Work
By Dave Ahearn Boeing [BA] is bidding on a mammoth $18 billion worth of work in the satellites area, including a $7 billion Transformational Satellite (TSAT) opportunity, a $2.5 billion […]
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Boeing To Gain New Sole Source Ground-based Midcourse Defense Contract
By Dave Ahearn The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will negotiate a sole-source contract for Boeing [BA] to continue leading the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program, according to an MDA notice Friday […]
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Air ForceObering, Missile Defense Agency Director, To Leave Post After Superlative Record Of Test Successes, Fiscal Victories
MDA Deputy Director O’Reilly To Succeed Obering As Director Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" Obering III, after providing stellar, sterling leadership for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) since 2004 that rescued […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Endeavour To Undock At 7:56 P.M. ET Today; Landing Set For 7:01 P.M. ET Wednesday At KSC
Space Shuttle Endeavour at 7:56 p.m. ET today will undock from the International Space Station (ISS), wrapping up a marathon 16-day mission that saw five spacewalks and myriad accomplishments. Endeavour […]
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Space
Critics Assail U.S. Satellite Shoot-Down, But Stop Short Of Saying It Was Unneeded
U.S. Satellite Shootdown May Weaken Americans’ Moral Standing To Oppose Other Nations Performing ASAT Shots, Critics Say But Colonel Says United States Had ‘Moral Responsibility’ To Eliminate Any Level Of […]
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Space
Paper Advocates Pushing Arms Control, Nonproliferation, Instead Of Developing Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
The United States should pursue nuclear weapons control instead of developing ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, a paper from the Center for Defense Information (CDI), a Washington think tank, urges. […]
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Launches
Boeing Satellite Orbited for DirectTV By Zenit-3SL From SeaLaunch Satellite Will Provide High-Definition TV Signals Covering United States A 6.5-ton satellite for DirectTV made by The Boeing Co. [BA] was […]
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Contracts
NASA Has Andrews, Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, Odyssey Study Lunar Lander NASA selected five contractors to study the design concept for the next-generation lunar lander that NASA created. Contractors receiving the […]