All articles by Zach Rosenberg – Page 24
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NewsUS Navy to form VTUAV squadron
The US navy has confirmed that its first operational vertical takeoff unmanned air vehicle (VTUAV) unit will be formed in 2013. Equipped with the Northrop...
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NewsSecond X-47B flies
The second and final Northrop Grumman X-47B has successfully taken flight at Edwards AFB in California ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: New competitors step up in EELV market
New commercial ventures have sprung up to offer the USA evolved expendable launch vehicles in competition with Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance
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NewsIN FOCUS: Space industry unites in criticism of ITAR restrictions
Restrictions imposed by arms-trafficking legislation are widely blamed for the US space industry's diminished international standing
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NewsIN FOCUS: New competitors step up in EELV market
New commercial ventures have sprung up to offer the USA evolved expendable launch vehicles in competition with Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Spaceport America inauguration kickstarts commerical infrastructure boom
New Mexico's Spaceport America, designated as Virgin Galactic's base, is among a dozen commercial spaceports approved by the FAA for operations
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NewsJ-2X full-duration burn accomplished
NASA has completed the first full burn test of the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2X rocket engine. The engine, powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen,...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Virgin Galactic inaugurates Spaceport America as primary operational base
New Mexico's Spaceport America, designated as Virgin Atlantic's base, is among a dozen commercial spaceports approved by the FAA for operations
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NewsFire Scout to receive APKWS
The Northrop Grumman Fire Scout MQ-8B will be weaponised. The aircraft will be outfitted with the BAe advanced precision kill weapons system (APKWS) - 70mm...
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NewsDARPA solicits air-launch proposals
DARPA has released a broad area announcement (BAA) calling for information about launching small satellites from aircraft as a low-cost alternative to expensive...
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NewsChina launches capsule to test docking tech
China has launched a Shenzhou 8 from the Jiuquan launch site in western China. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the already-orbiting Tiangong...
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Soyuz, Delta launch successfully
A Progress-M13 capsule successfully launched on 30 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. It marks the first flight to the International Space Station...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: CCDev walks the fine line
The commercial crew development (CCDev) programme, on which NASA has pinned its hopes for low Earth orbit (LEO), is entering a crucial period. The resolution...
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First Soyuz launch from French Guiana
The first two Galileo navigation satellites have successfully taken orbit after the 21 October launch. The satellites, launched from Kourou in French Guiana...
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Brock Technologies flies Spear UAV with DF-70 engine
Brock Technologies has flown its Spear unmanned air vehicle with Ultra Electronics' DF-70 heavy fuel engine ...
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NewsVirgin Galactic inaugurates spaceport
Virgin Galactic has formally inaugurated Spaceport America, from which the company plans to begin suborbital flights into space in 2012. The 17 October...
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NewsAAI unveils Shadow M2
AAI has unveiled the Shadow M2, a significantly larger and heavier version of its RQ-7B Shadow, the US Army's standard tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
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NewsLEMV readied for November flight
The Northrop Grumman/Hybrid Air Vehicles long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle is now scheduled to fly in November ...
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AUSA: US Army to deploy HART imagery software to Afghanistan
The US Army will deploy Northrop Grumman's heterogeneous airborne reconnaissance team (HART) system to Afghanistan in early 2012 with a brigade combat team.
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NewsNASA confirms final design of the Space Launch System
After months of speculation, NASA has confirmed the final design of the Space Launch System (SLS) - a heavy lift launch vehicle expected to be launch NASA...