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Raytheon Sets Multi-Service Missiles Simulation-Firing Test
Raytheon Co. [RTN] plans a mass computerized simulation testing of both Army and Navy missiles, the company stated. This will be a multi-theater, multi-service Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) capability […]
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Gates, Levin Likely To Differ On Missile Defense Purchasing
In a 65-page response to questions from members of Congress, Robert Gates, the president’s nominee to become the next defense secretary, takes a sharply different view from the incoming leader […]
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Lockheed Delivers 100th Aegis Weapons System To Navy
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the 100th Aegis weapons system to the Navy, the company announced. The system is to be mounted in a destroyer named for retired Rear Adm. […]
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Raytheon: Technology Could Help Track Astronauts, Robots On Moon
New technology could help track astronauts and robots on the moon, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Raytheon worked on the technology with Hamilton Sundstrand, a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX]. […]
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Mary Frost, CEO, Globecast America
As Globecast America remakes itself from a teleport services provider into a “network agnostic content management, aggregation and connectivity company,” Mary Frost looks to be the perfect choice to guide […]
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Industry News – Technology (Dec. 2006)
Ultra-DNE Announces Net-Centric Network Access Platform Ultra Electronics-DNE Technologies, a provider of tactical voice and data communication solutions, announced the release of its Packetassure product line, a new series of […]
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Industry News – Services (Dec. 2006)
Eutelsat Joins Forces With SES Global For Mobile Broadcasting Service SES Global and Eutelsat plan to invest $165.3 million to develop a mobile broadcasting satellite service for Europe. The […]
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Industry News – Contracts (Dec. 2006)
Intelsat Buys Glowlink Interference Detection System Intelsat has purchased a Glowlink Model 8000 Satellite Geolocation System to monitor sources of potential interference to its satellite signals. The spectrum monitoring […]
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Industry News – Executive Moves (Dec. 2006)
Andrew Corp. Names VP Andrew Corp. has promoted Bill Casey to vice president, corporate marketing and communications and customer care. Prior to joining Andrew in 2005, Casey held management positions […]
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Newsat Opens Dubai Office In Internet City
Newsat Ltd., a Melbourne, Australia-based satellite communications provider, has opened its new international sales office in Dubai’s Internet City.
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Space Industry A $180 Billion Enterprise With Rocketing Value
A new report shows the space industry is pulling down a cool $180 billion annually in global revenues, while its stock prices are climbing to the cosmos. According to the […]
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Northrop Grumman, NASA Lab See Progress On NASA Telescope System
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory completed key technology milestones on a telescope system that will peer through the heavens seeking Earth-like planets, Northrop announced. The […]
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Analysis: Administration Isn’t Tightening Restrictions On Exports Of Space Technology
Where the new National Space Policy says that exports of certain space-based technologies “shall be approved only rarely, on a case-by-case basis,” it does not mean that such approvals would […]
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Alcatel Purchase Of Lucent Aired In House Committee Hearing
The decision by Alcatel [ALA] of France to purchase U.S.-based Lucent Technologies [LU] for $10.4 billion was the focus of a lengthy closed-door hearing before the House Armed Services Committee, […]
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Intelsat Posts Quarterly Loss On Satellite Glitch, PanAmSat Buy
Intelsat, Ltd., the Bermuda-headquartered satellite services provider, posted a net loss of $172.5 million during July through September, stemming from a glitch in a satellite and a cost related to […]
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Loral Sees Profit Jump 48.1 Percent In Third Quarter, Boeing Payment Included
Loral Space & Communications Inc. [LORL], the giant satellites producer and operator, reported one measure of profits soared 48.1 percent during July through September. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and […]
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Missile Defense Agency Test Force Operational
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Combined Test Force (CTF) achieved full operational capability, Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering, the MDA director, announced. CTF plans, integrates and analyzes tests […]
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Launches
Air Force TacSat 2 Satellite Launches Dec. 11 From Md.-Va. Spaceport The Air Force Research Laboratory TacSat-2 satellite, plus a NASA satellite, will launch Dec. 11 between 7 a.m. and […]
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Boeing Wins $296 Million JDAM Kits Contract
The Air Force awarded a unit of The Boeing Co., McDonnell Douglas Corp., a $296 million cost reimbursement contract for 12,889 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Lot 11 Guided Vehicle […]
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Reviews Completed On Orion, Ares I, Ares V, And On GPS Block III
NASA completed its milestone first review of all systems for the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, and the Ares I and Ares V rockets […]
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Stratos, Seamobile Sign Strategic Alliance
Stratos Global Corp. has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Seamobile Enterprises to deliver GSM and CDMA wireless voice and data to the U.S. government and military markets, Stratos announced […]
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Democrats Likely To Criticize, But Not Slash, Most Missile Defense Programs
Democrats taking control of Congress by a narrow margin are likely to criticize ballistic missile defense programs, but won’t kill the plan to erect a multi-layered shield against enemy missiles. […]
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NASA Moves To Reduce Risk On Shuttle Flights; Discovery Now On Pad
NASA is taking steps to contain risks on upcoming space shuttle flights, senior space agency officials said in briefing journalists. For example, while NASA has launched shuttles in daylight to […]
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Boeing Gains $299.8 Million For Satellite; Launch Set For Early 2011
The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $299.8 million contract for production of the fourth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS). This is the first option to be exercised on […]
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Boeing Gains $78.2 Million Northrop Contract For ICBM Work
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $78.2 million contract for work on ICBM systems. Boeing will deploy a replacement Environmental Control System (ECS) for more than […]
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Northrop Gains $126.2 Million To Improve Space Tracking and Surveillance System
The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a $126.2 million contract change to shore up the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) that is designed to track enemy missiles. […]
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Johns Hopkins Physics Lab Gains Space Sensor Design Contract
The Air Force gave The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) a contract for initial design work on the Lightweight Electro-Optical Space Sensor (LEOSS) program. During this phase of […]
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GPS Receiver Picks Up Military Signal From Satellite, Raytheon Announces
Raytheon Co. [RTN] acquired and tracked a new M-code military signal transmitted by a global positioning satellite, the company announced. Part of the Modernized User Equipment program, The latest-generation global […]
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Satellite Antenna Aids Nuclear Arms Control
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] delivered all V-Sensor deployable antenna assemblies that will be used to detect nuclear blasts, the company reported. The antennas are an adjunct payload on the Global […]