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Space

DARPA Awards Intelsat, Loral Contracts For Phoenix Satellite Harvesting Program

Friday, August 17th, 2012

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Intelsat General and Space Systems/Loral contracts in July to participate in its Phoenix satellite harvesting program. Intelsat said it plans to study the broad implications of using commercial satellites to carry new technology hardware segments assisting in repurposing components into space as hosted payloads, according to a statement. Loral was selected to determine how small satellites known as satlets can be carried to geostationary orbit (GEO) as hosted payloads on commercial satellites,…

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]