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UncategorizedNorthrop Grumman To Modernize Black Hawk Cockpit Avionics
Northrop Grumman [NOC] Aug. 15 said it was selected by Redstone Defense Systems, for an undisclosed amount, to provide a scalable, fully integrated mission equipment package for the UH-60L Black […]
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UncategorizedArmy Selects Bell, Boeing-Sikorsky Team On Joint Multi-Role Helicopter
The Army has selected Bell Helicopter and a Sikorsky-Boeing partnership for the technology and flight demonstration phase of the envisioned Joint Multi-Role (JMR) helicopter, the companies said Aug. 12. The […]
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UncategorizedDigitalGlobe, ULA Successfully Launch WorldView-3 Satellite; DigitalGlobe Announces WorldView-4
Launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully lifted satellite imager DigitalGlobe’s [DGI] WorldView-3 spacecraft Aug. 13 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Liftoff took place at 2:29 p.m. EDT. Launch took place […]
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UncategorizedNew ULA CEO Bruno’s Silicon Valley Approach Could Save Company, Consultant Says
A space launch consultant believes new United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno’s Silicon Valley experience and entrepreneurial approach could save the company as it leaves an era of a […]
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UncategorizedNavy Conducts Follow-On Operational Tests for SM-6; Intercepts Subsonic, Low-Altitude Target
The Navy successfully tested its Standard Missile-6 Aug. 14 at White Sands Missile Range in one of 10 planned follow-on operational test and evaluation (FOT&E) events. During flight test “Juliet,” […]
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UncategorizedUnited Launch Alliance Replaces CEO
United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], Aug. 12 said it was replacing chief executive Michael Gass “effective immediately” and named Tory Bruno as […]
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UncategorizedAirbus Qualifies To Bid On Air Force Military Communications On Commercial Satellites
Airbus Defense and Space Aug. 11 said it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued up to $500 million to provide services related to hosting United States Air […]
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UncategorizedSpaceX Launches AsiaSat 8 Satellite
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Aug. 5 successfully launched the AsiaSat 8 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., company CEO and chief designer Elon Musk said on Twitter. […]
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UncategorizedObama Signs Iron Dome Funding Bill For Immediate Boost in Interceptor Production
President Barack Obama signed into law late Aug. 4 a bill providing $225 million in emergency supplemental funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system in Israel. The funding for […]
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UncategorizedMcCain, Donnelly Join Calls To Obama To Send Arms To Ukraine
More senators have joined the call for sending weapons to Ukraine, with Senate Armed Services Committee members John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) writing a letter to President Barack […]