Space & Missile Defense Report
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ArmySuccessful First Flight Test of ABL Laser By Missile Defense Agency, Industry Partners
By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Boeing [BA] and its industry teammates on Aug. 18 successfully fired the high-energy laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, "the first […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Sheds 800 Jobs In Space Unit
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Space Systems Co. yesterday announced employment reductions of about 800 aimed at "right-sizing" the company and improving its competitive posture. Space Systems will implement a broad-based workforce […]
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SpaceATK’s Ares I Delivering On Schedule, Budget And Technical Performance
ATK [ATK], prime contractor on the Ares I rocket that will loft the Orion space capsule into orbit, maintains the program cost, schedule and technical performance are on track, as […]
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Space
USS Bunker Hill Completes CSSQT After Year-Long Upgrade Effort
The USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) wrapped up its Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) last month, validating the Aegis Weapon System through a series of surface and anti- air warfare […]
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Space
New IMU Brings Increased Reliability To Raytheon Excalibur Ia-1
Raytheon [RTN] recently said it successfully fired nine Excalibur Ia-1 precision-guided projectiles from a Paladin gun system using a new Atlantic Inertial Systems (AIS) unit July 31 at Yuma Proving […]
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Space
Raytheon Introduces Large Focal Plane Array; Promises Better, Lower Cost Sensors
Raytheon [RTN] last week unveiled a new focal plane array that it says is four times larger that infrared detectors currently in production and will provide major advances in space-based […]
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Space
Final GPS IIR Satellite Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral
The last in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellites built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the U.S. Air Force was successfully launched today […]