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Space

QinetiQ Signs $38 Million Propulsion Deal For Mercury Mission

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Monday, September 14th, 2009

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QinetiQ Sept. 2 said that it signed a $38 million contract with European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) Astrium for the supply of the solar-electric propulsion system for European Space Agency's (ESA's) BepiColombo spacecraft mission to the planet Mercury. BepiColombo, due to launch in 2014, is Europe's first mission to Mercury - the inner most planet of the solar system where temperatures can reach 470-degrees Centigrade. Because Mercury is so close to the Sun, the mission presents ESA with…

Advanced / Transformational Technology

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation

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