Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory conducted a successful flight test in early February that enabled a fighter aircraft to access far more intelligence data than is typically available to pilots — but without overwhelming that pilot with too much data, according to company officials.
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AF Space Command Could be in for Big Changes
When Gen. Lance Lord retires as commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command, his successor may inherit a substantially different job.
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Americom Readies Mobile Broadband Service for U.S. Military
A unit of satellite operator SES Americom is testing a new service designed to provide two-way broadband access to military vehicles traveling at speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour, a capability that experts say is in great demand by today’s increasingly mobile U.S. forces.
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N.M. Approves Spaceport Legislation
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation March 1 enabling the state to invest $110 million in the construction of a planned spaceport near Upham in the southern part of the state just west of the White Sands Missile Testing Center. The spaceport site is approximately 43 square kilometers of open, generally level, range land that has been picked for its low-population density, uncongested airspace and high elevation.
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Sat-Based Crop Maps Popular with French Farmers – Farmstar Plans To Build on Success by Expanding to the Americas in 2006
A European company formed to deliver satellite-based crop data directly to farmers plans to export its service to the United States, Canada, South America and elsewhere in 2006 on the strength of its initial success in France.
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ILS Proton Mishap Could Have Cascading Effect
The Feb. 28 failure of a Proton M/ Breeze M rocket will add pressure on the already fully booked 2006 manifests of the three main commercial-launch providers and likely reduce the revenue forecasts of one or more satellite-fleet operators that had planned launches this year, industry officials said.
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SpaceX Building Reusable Crew Capsule – Partnership Includes Spacehab, Macdonald Dettwiler and Others
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is asking NASA to help fund the demonstration of a reusable space capsule the El Segundo, Calif.-based company has been developing in secret with its own funding for the past 18 months.
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Record-Setting Indian Space Budget Includes Funds for Large Satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is slated to receive a record 35-percent funding increase for the 2006-2007 fiscal year, a budget that includes funds to begin work on a new generation of large communications satellites.
