Space & Missile Defense Report
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Air ForceRaytheon’s MMPU Satellite Terminal Achieves Milestone C
Raytheon’s [RTN] Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network Program Upgrade (MMPU) satellite terminal system has received a successful Milestone C decision and subsequent production award, according to a company executive. […]
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Historic ABL Program Winds Down, Aircraft Heads To Storage
The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB), which achieved a historic first shooting down a boosting ballistic missile, demonstrating a directed energy weapon could be used for missile defense, now heads […]
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[February 27, 2012]
// PDF View- Historic ABL Program Winds Down, Aircraft Heads To Storage
- Air Force Awards Contract To ORBIT To Service Communication Management Systems On KC-135 Stratotanker
- ATK To Develop GMLRS Alternative Warhead
- BAE Expects Full-Rate Production Contract For APKWS In ‘A Couple Months,’ According to Executives
- Army Conducts Successful Flight Test Of New Target Missile
- Lockheed Martin Teams To Support Indonesia National Airspace Surveillance Program
- U.S., Israel Conduct Successful Arrow Weapon System Test
- Defense Budget Funds Missile Defense Capability Improvements — Including MEADS, PAC-3
- Navy Approaches Raytheon’s RAM Block Two Missile For LRIP
- Third MEADS Battle Manager Enters Integration Testing
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Air Force Awards Contract To ORBIT To Service Communication Management Systems On KC-135 Stratotanker
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a maintenance services contract estimated at $1.5 million to ORBIT Communication Systems, a subsidiary of Orbit Technologies, the company announced recently. Under the contract, […]
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ATK To Develop GMLRS Alternative Warhead
ATK [ATK] recently said the Army has chosen it to develop an alternative warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). In 2009, ATK as well as Aerojet [GY] […]
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BAE Expects Full-Rate Production Contract For APKWS In ‘A Couple Months,’ According to Executives
BAE Systems is completing Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) on its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and expects to be awarded a Full-Rate Production (FRP) contract “in a couple months,” […]
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Army Conducts Successful Flight Test Of New Target Missile
Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) recently said it successfully completed a flight test of the new Economical Target-1 (ET-1) at Eglin AFB, Fla. The ET-1 […]
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Lockheed Martin Teams To Support Indonesia National Airspace Surveillance Program
Lockheed Martin [LMT] signed a teaming agreement recently with Indonesian technology firm PT CMI Teknologi to improve airspace surveillance, safety and management over the Indonesian Archipelago, according to a company […]
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U.S., Israel Conduct Successful Arrow Weapon System Test
The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said they completed a successful test of the cooperative U.S.-Israel Arrow Weapon System (AWS) over the Mediterranean Sea, the […]