ATK (NYSE: ATK), the nation’s leading solid rocket motor producer, provided a key component for the most recent successful Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System test of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IB. The test was held over the Pacific Ocean on June 26, 2012.
Aerospace
Two studies awarded to Astrium
Astrium, Europe’s number-one space company, has been awarded two studies by the European Space Agency (ESA) to define how to evolve technologies used on the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and the Columbus space laboratory for future space vehicles. The envisaged value of both studies is €13 million (€6.5 million per study).
Boeing reviews the cryogenic stages of the Space Launch System (SLS)
Boeing [NYSE: BA] last week successfully completed its first major technical reviews for the cryogenic stages of the Space Launch System (SLS), bringing the team into the design phase for the nation’s next heavy-lift, human-rated rocket.
Boeing has completed modernization of AEOS telescope
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed a two-year modernization effort for the Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS), a powerful telescope used for research and space situational awareness by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
Fifth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite from Boeing
The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built at the Satellite Development Center in El Segundo using the GPS IIF pulse-line manufacturing approach, which draws on commercial production line practices to build satellites faster and more efficiently.
Boieng has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System IIF satellites
The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built at the Satellite Development Center in El Segundo using the GPS IIF pulse-line manufacturing approach, which draws on commercial production line practices to build satellites faster and more efficiently.