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Monday, March 10th, 2008

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Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, Orbital Get DARPA Contracts For Mini-Satellites; Splitting One Satellite Into Parts Would Bolster Survivability Against Anti-Satellite Attacks, And Against Damage Caused By Space Debris Demonstration Of 'Fractionated' Satellite In Orbit Seen In Four Years DARPA awarded The Boeing Co. [BA], Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] and Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] multi-million-dollar contracts to design and build what is essentially one satellite divided into multiple parts, linked wirelessly. Those contracts are for the first, one-year…

Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

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