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Leidos Subsidiary Concludes Preliminary Design Review of Human Landing System for NASA Program

Leidos' Dynetics subsidiary has finished the preliminary design review of a technology meant to help astronauts land on the moon as part of an upcoming NASA lunar mission. Dynetics said Thursday the PDR effort informed the space agency of the Human Landing System's design that complies with system requirements for NASA's Artemis program, which aims to revive manned space exploration.

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by Nichols Martin February 26, 2021, 5:37 am
in News, Press Releases, Space

Northrop Wraps up HALO Preliminary Design Review; Steve Krein Quoted

Northrop Grumman has completed the initial preliminary design review (PDR) for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the company reported on Wednesday. The module will support NASA“™s Lunar Gateway by working as a crew habitat and docking hub for vehicles. “Maturing HALO through its preliminary design marks a major milestone in the module“™s production,“ said Steve Krein, vice president of civil and commercial satellites at Northrop Grumman.

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by Sarah Sybert November 18, 2020, 10:28 am
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Air Force Concludes Initial Review of Northrop’s GBSD System Design
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Lockheed, Army Complete Systems, Design Tests of New Radar

The U.S. Army is progressing ahead of schedule in the further development of the Sentinel A4 air and missile defense radar, with the completion of multiple tests.

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by Nichols Martin May 1, 2020, 8:53 am
in Contract Awards, News

Raytheon Awarded USAF Design Review Contract to Back GPS Receiver Development

Raytheon has received a potential $47.7M contract from the U.S. Air Force to conduct a preliminary design review of a next-generation integrated circuit to support the development and testing of GPS receivers for use in future military operations.

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by Jane Edwards June 30, 2019, 10:06 pm
in Industry News, News

Dynetics-Led Team Passes Preliminary Design Review of SLS Rocket Universal Stage Adapter

Dynetics and its industry partners have cleared a preliminary design review of a Universal Stage Adapter that will work to support cargo transportation aboard NASA‘s Space Launch System rocket. The USA will be used to carry cargo during the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft, dubbed Exploration Mission-2, which is scheduled for launch by […] More

by Ramona Adams March 21, 2018, 9:01 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

SSL-Built Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Completes NASA Design Review; Richard White Comments

A spacecraft built by Maxar Technologies' SSL business for NASA's in-orbit satellite servicing mission has concluded the agency's mission preliminary design review. The completion of the mission PDR would advance the spacecraft to the Key Decision Point C phase to pave the way for the launch of the Restore-L mission in 2020, SSL said Wednesday. KDP-C is set […] More

by Jane Edwards December 21, 2017, 3:22 am
in Industry News, News

Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Inmarsat Satellite L-Band Reflectors

Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace subsidiary has conducted a preliminary design review of L-band reflectors for two communications satellites that Airbus currently develops for Inmarsat. Astro Aerospace will work to mature the reflectors’ design before the Inmarsat-6 satellite program undergoes a critical design review later this year, Northrop said Wednesday. Inmarsat awarded Airbus’ defense and space business a […] More

by Ramona Adams August 10, 2017, 8:40 am
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SSL Reviews Robotic Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Design; Richard White Comments
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Raytheon, Navy Review Air Surveillance Radar Design

Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have completed a preliminary design review of an air surveillance radar technology the company developed to provide simultaneous anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and air traffic control support for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships. The company said Wednesday the PDR validated that the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar is on track for system development and delivery to various ship classes […] More

by Ramona Adams April 27, 2017, 8:45 am
in C4ISR, News

Lockheed Completes Preliminary Long-Range Radar Design Review

Lockheed Martin has completed the preliminary design review of a radar system designed to safeguard the U.S. from ballistic missile threats. The company developed the Long Range Discrimination Radar under a potential $784 million contract the Missile Defense Agency awarded in October 2015, Lockheed said Thursday. The LRDR platform is an S-band radar component of MDA’s […] More

by Jane Edwards April 21, 2017, 5:25 am
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Northrop Finishes Preliminary Design Review of Inertial Sensor Module for Navy

Northrop Grumman has completed the preliminary design review of the inertial sensor module in the U.S. Navy‘s WSN-12 Inertial Navigation System Replacement that will succeed the current WSN-7 system. “This is a critical system for both surface and subsurface platforms,” Todd Leavitt, vice president of Northrop’s maritime systems business unit, said Monday. He adds that the […] More

by Dominique Stump May 17, 2016, 8:36 am