ATK Space Systems and the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory are among the early recipients of study contracts for a planned U.S. military weather satellite system, according to company and government statements. In a Jan. 7 press release, ATK Space Systems of Beltsville, Md., said it landed a contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to study "network centric" small satellites as part of the service's examination of options for a next-generation weather satellite system.
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