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Thirty-Meter Telescope Focuses On Two Candidate Sites
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) May 19, 2008After completing a worldwide survey unprecedented in rigor and detail of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration. Cerro Armazones lies in Chile's Atacama Desert, and Mauna Kea is on Hawai'i Island. The TMT observatory, which will be ... more Russian Cargo Spacecraft Docks With ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 18, 2008The Russian Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a Mission Control spokesman said on Saturday. The spacecraft docked at 1:39 a.m. Moscow time (21.39 GMT Friday) and delivered more than 2.3 tons of fuel, food, water, and other supplies to the ISS. Progress M-64 was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 00 ... more European Space Showcased All Under One Roof At ILA2008 
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 19, 2008As it does every two years, Berlin will soon be showcasing European and international space activities at the ILA2008 Air Show from Tuesday 27 May to Sunday 1 June. In Hall 9, an International Space Village spanning a large area will be exclusively devoted to space, presenting the entire range of activities, products and services available in Europe and elsewhere. Inside a joint Space Pavi ... more Globalstar AppointS Thomas Colby Chief Operating Officer 
Milpitas CA (SPX) May 19, 2008Globalstar has announced the appointment of Thomas M. Colby, 47, as Chief Operating Officer effective May 19, 2008. Mr. Colby's appointment follows an extensive search by the Company's Board of Directors through an engagement with a national recruiting firm. Mr. Colby joins the Company from his recent position as Vice President and General Manager of Trimble Navigation Limited (formerly @R ... more MDA Receives Information Solution Contract With Boeing 
Richmond, Canada (SPX) May 19, 2008MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced that its Montreal operation has been awarded a $21 million USD contract by Boeing for an information solution for the International Space Station (ISS). MDA will provide two spare sets of S-band communication subsystems designed to provide critical voice and data links between astronauts on-board the ISS and Earth. This contract award ... more |
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Carlsbad CA (SPX) May 19, 2008ViaSat has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008. The fiscal fourth quarter results include revenues of $147.4 million, net income of $0.41 per share on a diluted non-GAAP basis or $0.33 per share on a diluted GAAP basis and cash flows from operations of $2.2 million. Financial highlights for the fiscal year include record new contract awards of $560.0 mil ... more NASA Selects Goddard Program Analysis And Control Contractor 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2008NASA has selected SP Systems Inc to provide ongoing mission support services under the Program Analysis and Control (PAAC III) contract. The work will support NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Flight Projects Directorate in Greenbelt. The cost-plus award fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract will be effective from June 28, 2008 through June 27, 2013. The maximum ordering ... more Russian cargo ship docks with the ISS: report 
Moscow (AFP) May 17, 2008A Russian Progress M-64 cargo ship docked Saturday with the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported. The cargo ship, launched early Thursday, docked with the ISS automatically, the report added. The station's three-man crew, Russians Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and American Garrett Reisman, were expected to open the hatch to the cargo ship within a couple of h ... more NASA Extends Space Station Contract With ARES 
Houston TX (SPX) May 19, 2008NASA Wednesday awarded ARES in Houston a one-year contract extension valued at $25.7 million for services required to continue the development and operation of the International Space Station. ARES Corp. has held the station's program integration and control contract since January 2004. The one-year extension brings the total value of the contract to $151.8 million. The extension, which be ... more iSECUREtrac Announces Contract With Kenton County Detention Center 
Omaha NB (SPX) May 19, 2008iSECUREtrac has announced that it was awarded a contract for electronic monitoring systems and services by the Kenton County (KY) Detention Center. Operating under the jurisdiction of the Kenton County Jail, the Detention Center supervises both pre-trial defendants and convicted offenders. To participate in its Electronic Monitoring Program, which would remove the individual from incarcera ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) May 19, 2008"This test flight is another example of the demonstrated technical maturity of the NLOS-LS Precision Attack Missile," said Scott Speet, executive vice president of the NetFires and Raytheon's Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System program director. NLOS-LS is one of 14 Future Combat Systems' core systems. It will operate as a part of the FCS systems-of-systems to meet the requirements of ... more Boeing Receives Contract To Further Develop Dual-Role Missile 
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 19, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $5.2 million U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to demonstrate the effectiveness of Guidance Integrated Fuzing (GIF) technology developed under the Seeker Integrated Target Endgame Sensor (SITES) program. "This fuzing capability for SITES will reduce weight and save space in the Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM)," said David Moos, Boeing ... more Boeing Completes Six Years Of On-Time Minuteman III Missile Guidance Set Deliveries 
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 19, 2008Boeing has achieved six years of consecutive on-time deliveries for the Minuteman III missile program with the recent delivery of the 593rd missile guidance set (MGS) to the U.S. Air Force. Boeing delivered the guidance set Feb. 27 as part of the Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program (GRP). The MGS has accumulated more than 15.6 million operational hours since its first deployment in ... more BMD Watch: Japan changes space policy 
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2008 The Japanese Parliament Tuesday formally agreed to permit the deployment of space surveillance satellites as part of the country's ballistic missile defense program. As we noted earlier this month in these columns, that decision marks a highly important reversal of more than a half-century of Japanese policy refusing to contemplate taking any action to militarize space. ... more Life Falling Back To Earth 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 19, 2008Asteroid and comet impacts on Earth can cause catastrophic extinction events. They can also bring life back, new research shows. Many scientists believe that a massive rock from space came crashing down 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period. The resulting blast set forests ablaze. The skies of Earth were filled with ash that blocked out the sun and the planet went cold. ... more
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