SAR-Lupe.(SPACE)(Brief article)
Germany's second SAR-Lupe observation satellite was
successfully boosted into orbit on 2 July from the Plesetsk space centre
by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket. SAR-Lupe provides high-resolution . . .
Space Systems/Loral.(SPACE)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract from SIRIUS
Satellite Radio to build SIRIUS FM-6, a new, high-power satellite
designed to operate in a highly inclined elliptical orbit . . .
Commercial breakthrough for Falcon 9.(SPACE)(HYLAS Ka)(SpaceX
Falcon 9)
SPace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has signed a contract
with UK-based Avanti Communications Group (Avanti) for the launch of
Avanti's HYLAS Ka-band satellite to geostationary transfer . . .
Astrium prepares Helios-2 follow-on.(SPACE)
EADS Astrium is studying the Zephir optical imaging satellite
project as a follow-on to the current Helios-2. A mockup of the proposed
platform was on display for the first time at the Paris Air . . .
Dawn sets off on asteroid trip.(SPACE)
The Dawn spacecraft successfully lifted off on 27 September on a
5-billion-kilometer odyssey into the heart of the asteroid belt.
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Dawn's goal is to characterise the . . .
Boeing touts Orbital Express success.(SPACE)
Boeing says the four-month in-orbit demonstration of the Orbital
Express system was an unqualified success. The mission, sponsored and
led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) . . .
Arianespace.(SPACE)
Astrium has selected Arianespace to launch four satellites of the
space segment of the Electronic Intelligence by Satellite (ELISA)
demonstrator. The four ELISA satellites will be placed . . .
Boeing.(SPACE)
Boeing has been awarded a NASA contract valued at approximately
$514.7 million to produce the upper stage of the Ares I crew launch
vehicle. This element provides the navigation, guidance, control . . .
Lockheed Martin.(SPACE)
A Lockheed Martin-led team has begun production activities to
reconfigure a modernised Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M)
satellite to include a new demonstration payload that will . . .
EADS Astrium.(SPACE)
EADS Astrium has won a contract from the German Aerospace Center
(DLR) in Cologne to investigate concepts for a new upper stage for the
European launcher Vega. The project is named Venus (Vesta New . . .
NFIRE satellite completes missile defence
experiment.(SPACE)
The Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite, built by
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, has successfully
completed its first experiment for the US Missile Defense Agency . . .
Astrium, Thales Alenia to team on Yahsat.(SPACE)
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, has awarded a contract to a
joint team of Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build their . . .
Wraps come off new Russian fighters: Russia's so-called
"intermediate-generation" fighters made their debut at MAKS
2007.(DEFENC
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Making their debuts at this year's MAKS Show were a cluster of
new fighter aircraft--the MiG-29K "941", MiG-29KUB
"947" and MiG-35 "154" presented by RSK MiG
Corporation, . . .
AASM fired with infrared terminal guidance.(DEFENCE)(Armement
Air-Sol Modulaire)(Brief article)
French defense procurement agency DGA has carried out the first
firing test of the AASM (Armement Air-Sol Modulaire) modular
air-to-ground weapon with an infrared imager. The test was performed . . .
Mariner UAV completes wind tunnel testing.(DEFENCE)(Unmanned
aerial vehicles)(Mariner)(Brief article)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has successfully
completed wind tunnel testing on a model of its Mariner unmanned
aircraft. GA-ASI conducted aerodynamic testing of the Mariner . . .
L-3 Communications.(DEFENCE)
L-3 Communications has been awarded an $18.8 million contract from
the US Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center to build an F-16C
Block 52+ Aircrew Training Device ATD) for the Hellenic Air Force . . .
Raytheon has been awarded an $11.9 million contract to
manufacture ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver systems for the Warner
Robi
Raytheon has been awarded an $11.9 million contract to manufacture
ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver systems for the Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The new contract . . .
... As Rafale visits USS Enterprise.(DEFENCE)(Brief
article)
Two French Navy Rafale F2s, accompanied by an E-2C Hawkeye, landed
and launched on the US Navy carrier USS Enterprise, during the first
visit to France by a US carrier in six years. The Rafale is . . .
Harrier in JCA landing trials on French carrier
...(DEFENCE)(Joint Combat Aircraft)(Brief article)
QinetiQ and the MOD Joint Test and Evaluation Group, which comprise
the UK Aircraft Test and Evaluation Centre, have performed a series of
landing trials of a short take-off vertical landing . . .
Wideband Global Satellite.(DEFENCE)
Australia is to enter into a A$927 million partnership with the US
to access communications capability provided by the Wideband Global
Satellite Communications (WGS) constellation. Under the . . .
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