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Lockheed To Build Comms Satellite For Japanese Firm; Launch In 2013

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Monday, April 20th, 2009

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Arianespace To Launch Satellite Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will build a communications satellite for a Japanese firm, and Arianespace will launch it into orbit. Lockheed will provide JCSAT-13 for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp., to be launched in 2013. SKY Perfect also chose Arianespace to launch the spacecraft. The JCSAT-13 contract is the 27th that Arianespace has won in Japan out of 36 commercial contracts open to competition, according to Arianespace. JCSAT-13 will be launched by an Ariane 5 heavy lifter…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]