http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:20:01 EDT A key House panel is proposing requiring the Air Force to create and implement a plan to ensure the fair evaluation of contractors competing for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) contracts, an important Air Force program to assure government access to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21688.html Wed, 22 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force has pushed the launch of its fifth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-5) to Thursday, according to United Launch Alliance (ULA), which is providing the launch vehicle. Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites. Photo: Air Force... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21663.html Tue, 21 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force yesterday successfully launched its fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite (GPS IIF-4) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. ULA's Atlas V rocket lifted GPS IIF-4 into space. Photo: ULA. The satellite lifted... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21619.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force is set to launch the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite (GPS IIF-4) tonight between 5:35 p.m. and 5:58 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Boeing's GPS IIF satellite... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21602.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force is aiming for May 31 to release the final Hosted Payloads Solutions (HoPS) request for proposals (RFP), according to a service spokesperson. HoPS aims to provide Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) and other government agencies... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21612.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) in early April declared initial operational capability (IOC) for Increment 1 of the Joint Space Operations Center’s (JSpOC) Mission System (JMS) program. Air Force spokeswoman Leslie Finstein said earlier this month JMS... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21592.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The May 22 launch of the Air Force’s fifth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite will help bring the service one step closer to worldwide coverage, according to the Air Force. Air Force WGS Program Manager Luke Schaub said last week in a teleconference... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21579.html Mon, 13 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Defense Department late last month extended a policy permitting government agencies to use excess ballistic missile (XBM) assets to launch a payload into orbit on a case-by-case basis. Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 11-008, dated July 5, 2011, provides... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21553.html Thu, 9 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Raytheon [RTN] in February successfully completed the second launch readiness exercise for the launch and checkout system (LCS) of the Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite operational control system (OCX), according... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21477.html Thu, 2 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced Wednesday that NASA has extended its contract for facilities and operations development to support human spaceflight with a $167 million addition. The one-year extension... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21480.html Thu, 2 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT NASA awarded Orbital Sciences [ORB] a $50 million contract to design, manufacture, integrate and test a new heliophysics science satellite that will investigate the connection between space weather storms in the ionosphere, located at the edge of outer space... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21455.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT ATK [ATK] successfully completed its solid rocket booster preliminary design review (PDR) with NASA for the new Space Launch System (SLS), indicating the booster design is on track to support the first SLS flight in 2017, according to a company statement... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21457.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The United States and Australia signed the first memorandum of understanding (MoU) permitting an advanced exchange of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data, according to the Defense Department. SSA exchanges will assist partners with activities such as... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21402.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] yesterday said its first quarter earnings rose sharply on margin improvements across its business segments despite sales that remained relatively level with a year ago. Net income jumped 50 percent to $19.6 million, 33 cents... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21389.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Orbital Sciences [ORB] successfully test launched its Antares medium-class rocket Sunday evening from NASA’s Wallops Island, Va., facility. The test launch was originally to take place April 17, but an umbilical cord connected to the rocket’s... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21360.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Orbital Sciences [ORB] is aiming for a second attempt at test launching its Antares medium-class rocket today at 5 p.m. EDT, weather permitting, according to a company statement. Orbital postponed the launch 12 minutes before its scheduled launch Wednesday... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21336.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT NASA is investigating outsourcing use of the unique capabilities of its Huntsville, Ala.-based Marshall Space Flight Center, according to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities. NASA could open up Marshall’s Environmental Test Facility (ETF)... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21339.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Navy’s new satellite system has shown an ability to transmit secure radio communications while on the move, contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and General Dynamics [GD] said yesterday. Lockheed Martin said two General Dynamics AN/PRC-155 Manpack... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21343.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Commercial practices have the potential to increase the efficiency and decrease the costs of Defense Department satellite control operations, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released yesterday. DoD manages the nation’s... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21344.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The test launch of Orbital Sciences’ [ORB] Antares medium-class rocket was postponed at press time yesterday, according to NASA. Orbital said on Twitter the postponement was due to a “loss of an umbilical to the second stage of Antares” The launch... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/space/21325.html Thu, 18 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT