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Experimental 'Cubesats' Designed for Range of National Security, Science Missions
Nov 22, 2013 (SPX)
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., introduced a new generation of small satellites with the launch of two experimenta...
Next generation USAF satellite goes through compatibility test
Nov 21, 2013 (UPI)
The next generation of Global Positioning System satellites developed by Lockheed Martin has tested successfully for compatibility with previous craft in orbit,...
Orbital Set to Launch Minotaur I Rocket in Support of ORS-3 Mission for USAF
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences is in final preparations for Tuesday's planned launch of a Minotaur I rocket in support of the Department of Defense Operationally Responsive S...
Russia launches Proton rocket with military satellite
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite in the early hours of Tuesday from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launc...
USAF space surveillance system tracks satellites, provides data
Nov 14, 2013 (SPX)
Pulling up the hood of his parka and bracing for the cold, Capt. Shahn Rashid opens the door and heads outside. The wind, near 20 miles per hour, is chilling, a...
Northrop Grumman Joins the Radiance Technologies Team for the ATEP II Competition
Nov 14, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has joined the Radiance Technologies team competing for the U.S. Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Advanced Techni...
Iran, China intend to use Antarctic bases to control offensive weapons
Oct 24, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Australian academics have pointed to dangers that Antarctic bases are for the first time being militarised, despite the continent officially being called a land...
BAE offers better imaging as intelligence tool
Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)
A lightweight device announced by BAE Systems will enable intelligence agents and soldiers to capture battlezone images and add them to critical information exc...
End of an era at US Space Command
Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)
The 21st Space Wing closed the Air Force Space Surveillance System due to resource constraints caused by sequestration, marking the end of its 52 years of servi...
Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For The USAF Satellite Hosted Payload Initiative
Sep 25, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has submitted its competitive proposal for the U.S. Air Force's Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) initiative aimed at leveraging commercial satell...
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Continue Supporting Norad Space Missions
Sep 20, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin will continue supporting the air, space defense and missile warning missions for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne M...
AEHF Expands Global Communications For Allied Missions
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
The Netherlands has become the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) international partner to communicate using the Lockheed Martin-produced satellite...
US Army, Raytheon achieve first inflight lethal intercept of low quadrant elevation rocket
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has intercepted and destroyed a low quadrant elevation (QE) 107mm rocket as part of the second series of guided test vehicle (GTV) flight tests of the ...
USAF Space Command discontinues space surveillance system
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
Due to resource constraints caused by sequestration, Air Force Space Command has directed the 21st Space Wing to prepare to discontinue operations at the Air Fo...
45th Space Wing Launches WGS-6 from 'The Cape'
Aug 15, 2013 (SPX)
by 45th Space Wing Public Affairs The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket carrying the sixth W...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its propulsion systems played a major role in successfully placing the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-6) spacecraft int...
Space Code Debate and the Right to Self Defence under Article Fifty Five
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Advancement in science and technology in the last two decades has transformed the debate on national security in a considerable manner. In particular, outer spa...
U.A.E. buys French spy satellites in $913M deal
Jul 23, 2013 (UPI)
The United Arab Emirates, a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf confrontation with Iran, has bought two military surveillance satellites from France that will giv...
UAE buys French surveillance satellites
Jul 23, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The United Arab Emirates ordered two military surveillance satellites from France on Monday, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($913.2 million). The F...
DARPA picks SSL for space hardware integration
Jul 22, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. military has chosen Space Systems/Loral to integrate space flight hardware for small science and technology missions. The award, for which no dollar va...
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