Space & Missile Defense Report
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Northrop Grumman Reports Successful SBIRS Payload Tests
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System’s (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload. "The […]
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Orbital Begins Antares Rocket Operations
Orbital Sciences [ORB] began launch vehicle operations at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s (MARS) liquid-fuel launch complex at Wallops Island, Va., according to a company statement. The Virginia Commercial Space Flight […]
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ATK, NASA Highlight SLS Solid Rocket Booster Cost-Saving Upgrades
ATK [ATK] and NASA made progress in manufacturing the first ground test motor while ATK created cost-saving process upgrades for developing the solid rocket booster for the space agency’s Space […]
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[October 8, 2012]
// PDF View- Air Force Successfully Launches Third GPS IIF Satellite
- Northrop Grumman Reports Successful SBIRS Payload Tests
- Orbital Begins Antares Rocket Operations
- ATK, NASA Highlight SLS Solid Rocket Booster Cost-Saving Upgrades
- NASA Awards Space Launch System Advance Booster Contracts
- Air Force Awards United Launch Alliance $1.2 Billion Launch Capability Contract
- Navy Awards ATK Full-Rate Contract For New Air-To-Ground Missile
- TCS, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Team To Offer Protected COM Satellite Terminals
- Air Force Announces Space Fence Construction Start Date
- Lockheed Martin Achieves Iridium Next Communications Satellite Software Milestone
- JLENS Sensor Suite Demonstrates Ability To Defeat Cruise Missile, Raytheon Says
- CBO: DoD Next-Gen Weather Satellite Options Could Range From $4.4 To $6.1 Billion
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Air ForceThird Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Poised To Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, Fla.–The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing [BA] is developing for the Air Force is ready to be launched this morning at 8:10 a.m. […]
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SpaceTCS, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Team To Offer Protected COM Satellite Terminals
TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have teamed to offer a protected communication satellite terminal in both stationary and mobile variants. The Low Cost Terminal (LCT) […]
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DoD Leaders Reemphasize Commitment To Nuclear Triad
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Defense Department leaders re-emphasized their commitment to the nuclear triad at the Air Force Association’s 2012 Air and Space Exposition here. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff […]
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Air Force ‘Likely’ To Award Space Fence Contract In Spring 2013
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is “likely” to award the Space Fence contract in the spring of 2013, its space commander recently. “We’ll likely award the contract in the spring […]