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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

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]