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Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, has successfully completed testing of the new GPS-guided Viper Strike (VS) weapons system at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. — GPS VS will soon deploy to theater on board Hunter in support of contingency operations.
Read MoreGreat news for Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] which announced today that the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and associated ground systems have been certified for missile warning operations by U.S. Strategic Command.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems Wing has successfully completed development of its Flight Software Subsystem, July 29, at the Lockheed Martin site in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force has accepted the second Space Based Infrared Systems Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload into operational service.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force has announced the secondSpace Based Infrared System ?Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and associated ground system has entered trial period operations in preparation for use by the warfighter — this is a major program milestone for the SBIRS team.
Read MoreLockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite constellation.
Read MoreThe Missile Defense Agency, supported by NASA and the commercial firm United Launch Alliance, successfully launched the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at approximately 1:24 p.m. PDT (4:24 p.m. EDT).
Read MoreA United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of the NASA Launch Services Program, successfully launched the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) mission for the United States Missile Defense Agency at 1:24 p.m., PDT. on May 5th.
Read MoreThe Japanese government could launch an early warning satellite that can detect missile launches abroad by 2013.
Read MoreA Japanese government task force has suggested the introduction of an early warning satellite that can detect missile launches, in its draft of the nation's first basic plan on the development and use of space, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
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