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How Antares Sends Care Packages to Space.

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Since 2014, the Antares rocket has been boosting our Cygnus spacecraft into orbit to ferry cargo like scientific experiments, food, and instruments to keep the International Space Station running.

House Appropriators Add 12 F-35s, Boost Weapons Spending, But… "To us, it means that there is going to be much more tension and debate over future modernization programs as flat investment will not enable DoD to recapitalize in a timely and militarily relevant pace," says defense analyst Byron Callan.

'A Golden Age For Collaboration' On Lasers & Microwaves: But Watch The Cheetos!  "I spent the first 15 years of my career walking around in a lab with a laser, saying 'does anyone want this…' and the warfighter [kept] going 'that's adorable,'" Craig Robin recalled ruefully. "Just recently there's been a tremendous pull [because] we simply just got out it into the user's hands and they recognized the value."

Senate NDAA Mandates NRO To 'Maximize' Commercial Imagery Use "This language from the SASC serves notice that they intend to keep a close eye on the NRO's commercial remote sensing program," observed Keith Masback, a former senior defense and intelligence official.

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