Space & Missile Defense Report
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[September 27, 2010]
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- Sweden Signs Production Order Contract for Meteor Missile
- Boeing Space Based Space Surveillance Satellite Launches, Ready For Tests
- Raytheon Completes Upgrade of 1,000th Patriot Missile for US Army
- Lockheed Martin and ATK Selected as a NASA Launch Services Provider
- Lockheed Martin Completes Formal Testing of 2nd-Gen Aegis BMD Capability
- New Start Treaty Calls For More Intensive Inspection, Official Says
- Northrop Grumman Plans Bid On $850 Million MDA Sim Framework
- NASA Awards Boeing $1.24B Extension to ISS Sustainment Contract
- Boeing Completes Harpoon Work With Danish Navy
- ITT Successfully Demonstrates Its IRCM Anti-Missile System
- Raytheon’s SLAMRAAM Completes First FMTV Launcher Test Firing
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SpaceMEADS Program Submits Life Cycle Cost Estimate
By Ann Roosevelt MEADS International has turned in the Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE) for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to the three partner nations–the United States, Germany […]
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Space
Sweden Signs Production Order Contract for Meteor Missile
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 17 Sept. signed a production order contract with United Kingdom MOD regarding the Meteor missile. With the Meteor missile the JAS39 Gripen system […]
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Space
Boeing Space Based Space Surveillance Satellite Launches, Ready For Tests
Boeing [BA] and its teammate Ball Aerospace Sept. 27 said they have acquired initial on-orbit signals from the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite following its launch at 9:41 […]
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Space
Raytheon Completes Upgrade of 1,000th Patriot Missile for US Army
Raytheon [RTN] last week said it completed the 1,000th Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) upgrade for the Army. “This low-cost alternative makes it possible for our partner nations to increase […]
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Business/FinancialONR Awards Boeing $23 Million To Finish Free Electron Laser Design
By Geoff Fein The Navy has awarded Boeing [BA] an additional task order of $23 million to complete the design of the 100-kilowatt Free Electron Laser (FEL) lab demonstrator, the […]
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Space
ITT Successfully Demonstrates Its IRCM Anti-Missile System
ITT [ITT] has demonstrated the capabilities of a fully integrated airborne Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) system during a recent simulated missile attack, the company reported. The tests simulated a complete engagement […]
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Space
MDA Investigates Premature Beam Termination In Latest ALTB Test
By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) failed to destroy a target missile when its laser beam shut down before destroying the target missile […]
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Space
Air Force Space PEO Aims For More Efficient Satellite Buy Pace
By Marina Malenic The Air Force hopes to begin timing satellite purchases more efficiently in an effort to cut overhead costs under Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ efficiency initiative, the service’s […]