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MEADS Passes Key Review
By Marina Malenic A NATO air and missile defense development effort has shown sufficient technological maturity to proceed into its systems integration and flight-testing phases, the system's manufacturer said last week. The Medium Extended Air Defense System...

Lockheed Martin Completes Second Live Tracking Exercise for BMD
Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully identified and tracked four live targets during a test of its Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP) being fielded as part of the Aegis next-generation Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability. "This is our second...

Boeing Gets Follow-on Contract For WGS SATCOM Program
By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] said last week the Air Force has authorized $182 million for the company to begin work on the seventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, which is being procured under a new WGS Block II follow-on contract. The contract...

NASA Eyes Competition In Push To Build Commercial Spaceflight Industry
By Emelie Rutherford NASA officials stressed recently that they want ample competition as well as space industry investment in their effort to help private U.S. companies develop systems to carry cargo and people into space. At an industry forum at the space...

MDA Seeking Savings Through Competition
By Marina Malenic Seeking to trim costs under Defense Secretary Robert Gates' efficiency initiative, the Missile Defense Agency is examining the possibility of opening tens of billions of dollars worth of contracts to industry competition. While the agency...

Lockheed Martin Adds Partners For Pursuit of MDA Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it added some 11 companies to its team in the pursuit of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract. MDA has said it will issue a final request for proposals for GMD...

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