Space & Missile Defense Report
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SpaceATK and NASA Perform Final Ground Test for Space Shuttle Program
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA Feb. 25 successfully performed the final ground test of a reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) for the Space Shuttle program at ATK’s Promontory, Utah facility. […]
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Space
Army Aims To Kill MEADS Development Effort
By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and […]
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Space
Raytheon Delivers 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile to Navy
In a significant production milestone, Raytheon [RTN] delivered the 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. “Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with a combat-proven weapon that […]
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Space
Successful Intercept Test For Lockheed Martin Enhanced PAC-3 Missile
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target recently at White Sands Missile […]
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Space
BAE Systems’ APKWS Successful In Marine Operational Assessment
BAE Systems‘ recently announced Marine aviators completed an operational assessment of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) with eight direct hits in eight shots. The operational assessment confirms that […]
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[March 1, 2010]
// PDF View- Integral Systems Completes Milestone to Provide Air Force Counterspace Capabilities
- ATK To Ship ORS-1 In Quick Response To Urgent Military Needs
- NASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft
- ATK and NASA Perform Final Ground Test for Space Shuttle Program
- Army Aims To Kill MEADS Development Effort
- Raytheon Delivers 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile to Navy
- Successful Intercept Test For Lockheed Martin Enhanced PAC-3 Missile
- BAE Systems’ APKWS Successful In Marine Operational Assessment
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[February 15, 2010]
// PDF View- Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone At Lockheed Martin
- ALTB Successful In First Lethal Ballistic Missile Intercept
- Air Force Launches Solar Observatory
- ILS Proton Successfully Launches the Intelsat 16 Satellite for Intelsat; First ILS Proton Launch of 2010
- ILS and SES Announce Launch of SES-3 in 2011 Paired with Kazsat-2 Satellite
- STS-130 Launches on First Mission of Final Year
- Lockheed Martin Receives $243 Million For JASSM Lot 8 Production
- Italian Takes Over NATO Theater Missile Defense Program
- NASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
- FY 2011 Missile Defense Budget Focuses On Adaptive Approach
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Space
NASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued Feb. 1 President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states’ economies are linked to […]
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Space
FY 2011 Missile Defense Budget Focuses On Adaptive Approach
By Ann Roosevelt Missile defenses would receive $9.9 billion under the administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget request released Feb. 1, including $8.4 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Boeing […]
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Space
Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone At Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has achieved a key integrated test milestone on the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft at its facilities in Sunnyvale, […]