Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceSuccessful First Ripple Fire PAC-3 MSE Intercept Flight Test
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently reported another successful Patriot Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) test and first ripple fire test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. “This time we had a ripple […]
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Space
Space Systems/Loral Wins Air Force Study Contract
Space Systems/Loral [LORL] recently won a $1.5 million study contract from the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, the company said. The company will evaluate how […]
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[March 14, 2011]
// PDF View- Teams Submit Proposals for MDA Simulation Architecture Proposal
- House To Weigh Plan Stalling DoD Budget For Three More Weeks
- Second ‘Mini Shuttle’ X-Plane Could Stay On Orbit Longer
- SBIRS GEO-1 Delivered To Launch Site
- Successful First Ripple Fire PAC-3 MSE Intercept Flight Test
- Space Systems/Loral Wins Air Force Study Contract
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Space
MDA FY ’12 Budget Request Would Complete Initial GMD Fielding
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requests $8.626 billion for fiscal year 2012 to fit plans to complete Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) initial fielding. The fiscal 2012 defense budget advances […]
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Space
DoD To Let MEADS Program ‘Run Out,’ Budget Official Says
The United States plans to end its participation in the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System at the end of the design and development (D&D) phase, Defense Department officials said. […]
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Space
NASA Supporters: New Spending Plan Does Not Jibe With Law
President Barack Obama proposed an $18.7 billion NASA budget for fiscal year 2012 recently that some supporters of the space agency said does not jibe with Congress’ wishes. The FY […]
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Space
Panel To Scrutinize Obama’s Plans For Protecting Homeland From Missile Threat
A leading House lawmaker said recently he plans to scrutinize President Barack Obama’s plans for developing ground-based interceptors for the United States as a hedge in case Iranian missiles can […]
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[February 28, 2011]
// PDF View- MDA FY ’12 Budget Request Would Complete Initial GMD Fielding
- DoD To Let MEADS Program ‘Run Out,’ Budget Official Says
- NASA Supporters: New Spending Plan Does Not Jibe With Law
- Panel To Scrutinize Obama’s Plans For Protecting Homeland From Missile Threat
- JAGM RFP Expected In Coming Weeks
- SBIRS GEO-1 Passes Final Factory Test Ahead of May Launch
- AEHF-1 Upper Stage Failure Due To ‘Quality Issue,’ Air Force Says
- U.S.-Israel Arrow Anti-Missile System Conducts Successful Intercept Test
- Air Force Demos Comms Between FAB-T and Milstar
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Space
JAGM RFP Expected In Coming Weeks
ORLANDO–A final request for proposals (RFP) for a next-generation air-launched guided missile is expected in the coming weeks, according to one of the companies competing for the work. The Pentagon […]
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Space
SBIRS GEO-1 Passes Final Factory Test Ahead of May Launch
The Air Force has finished final installations on the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite of a new early missile warning system and successfully completed the spacecraft’s last factory confidence test before […]