Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceATK Tips Lockheed For Navy Contract To Develop Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System
The Navy last week picked ATK (ATK) and teammate BAE Systems over competitor Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a $109-million contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the […]
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Space
ATK Posts Weaker Sales And Earnings But Margins Remain Strong
Facing the same headwinds as other defense companies, Alliant Techsystems [ATK] recently reported lower earnings and sales in its first quarter but was able to mitigate the decline in earnings […]
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[August 15, 2011]
// PDF View- Strong Outlook For Aerospace and Defense Mergers, PwC reports
- Northrop Grumman Successful In First Real Time Cueing For Airborne IR BMDS Sensor
- Lockheed Martin’s Rocket System Successfully Tests Long-Range Ability
- Navy Extends Tomahawk Control System Contract With Lockheed Martin
- Latest Version of Maverick Missile Set For Operational Testing, Raytheon Says
- Army Looks Into Short Range Precision Strike System For SOF
- Raytheon Says SDB II Seeker Tests Exceed Expectations
- Denel Says Latest Version of Artillery Piece Shows Exceptional Accuracy
- ATK Tips Lockheed For Navy Contract To Develop Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System
- ATK Posts Weaker Sales And Earnings But Margins Remain Strong
- DoD Leaders Weigh Cuts, New Acquisition Chief
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Space
DoD Leaders Weigh Cuts, New Acquisition Chief
As the Pentagon enters a time of austerity, defense leaders said they are rethinking weapon systems plagued by cost and schedule problems and looking for a new acquisition chief with […]
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Space
Final Nanosatellite Launched From Space Shuttle Atlantis
The latest in a series of nanosatellites built by the Aerospace Corporation with support from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Development Planning Directorate was deployed from the Space […]
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Space
Space And Missile Defense Parts Quality Problems Need Assessment GAO Says
The Defense Department and NASA need to set up a mechanism to periodically asses the condition of parts quality problems in major space and missile defense programs, including periodic reports […]
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Space
U.S. Missile Defense Cooperation With Israel ‘Unshakable,’ Official Says
One of the first partners on missile defense with the United States was Israel, and that cooperation is “robust, enduring, and unshakable,” a U.S. Arms Control official said. Because of […]
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Space
Lockheed Martin JASSM Lot 8 Software Upgrade Validated
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed a successful Product Verification Test (PVT) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the company said recently. Released by a B-52 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Conducts First JSOW C-1 Free-Flight Test
The Navy last week said it completed the first free-flight testing of the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 recently, verifying the weapon’s characteristics and performance requirements from pre-flight to target impact. […]
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Space
Second Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Now Operating From Space
Boeing [BA] recently said it has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for the Air Force. GPS […]