Space & Missile Defense Report
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UncategorizedNASA, ATK Successfully Complete First Test For SLS Booster Program
NASA and ATK [ATK] successfully completed the first test for the space agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) booster program, according to company program managers. The demonstration, held March 28 at […]
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[April 9, 2012]
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- Cobham Acquires Larger Interest In Danish SatCom Firm
- Lockheed Martin Will Maintain Early Warning System
- NASA, ATK Successfully Complete First Test For SLS Booster Program
- MEADS Program Integrating Elements Ahead Of Intercept Flight Test
- East Coast GMD Site Not On Senate Radar
- USAF Awards Raytheon $497 Million Contract For 50 AMRAAMs, Other Missiles, Support
- Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Record Success In Latest Patriot PAC-3 Missile Test
- Raytheon’s SM-3 Block IIA Missile Completes PDR
- DoD, Australia Sharing Hosted UHF Payload Space On Intelsat 22 Satellite
- Boeing Space Exec: Government, Commercial Satellite Cooperation Increasingly Important
- Senate Appropriators Slam NASA Commercial Crew Program
- Lockheed Martin Continues THAAD Weapon System Development
- McKeon Wants To Boost National Missile Defense, Add East Coast Site
- Raytheon’s Missile Tracking Blimp Awaits Key Tests
- Hill Continues To Scrutinize NASA Commercial-Crew Plan
- McCain Seeks Data On Aircraft, Missile Programs
- GPS III ‘Not Even Close’ To Nunn-McCurdy Breach, Air Force Chief Says
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MEADS Program Integrating Elements Ahead Of Intercept Flight Test
Major system elements of the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) are in integration testing in preparation for its first flight test later this year, an official with MEADS […]
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East Coast GMD Site Not On Senate Radar
While there are rumblings in the House about building a missile-defense site on the U.S. East Coast, lead senators said the issue is far from pressing right now. House Armed […]
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USAF Awards Raytheon $497 Million Contract For 50 AMRAAMs, Other Missiles, Support
The Air Force awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $497.1 million firm-fixed-price contract recently to procure 50 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM). According to Air Force spokesman Capt. Matthew Stines, delivery of […]
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Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Record Success In Latest Patriot PAC-3 Missile Test
Raytheon [RTN] recently said its modernized Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully fired two Lockheed Martin [LMT] PAC-3 missiles to engage a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) at White Sands […]
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Raytheon’s SM-3 Block IIA Missile Completes PDR
Raytheon’s [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IIA variant completed its preliminary design review (PDR) and is now ready to move into the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase, according to a company […]
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DoD, Australia Sharing Hosted UHF Payload Space On Intelsat 22 Satellite
The Defense Department and the Australian Defence Force are now sharing hosted payload space thanks to a commercial satellite launched recently. Intelsat 22, a 702MP (medium power) satellite produced by […]
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Boeing Space Exec: Government, Commercial Satellite Cooperation Increasingly Important
As Defense Department budgets continue to shrink, the importance of complementary government and commercial satellite systems will increase, according to a Boeing [BA] space executive. “How can commercial systems support […]
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Senate Appropriators Slam NASA Commercial Crew Program
The heads of a NASA budget-writing panel questioned recently the space agency’s subsidization of four private companies that are developing systems to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. While […]