American and Israeli defense firms hope to team up in designing tactical military satellites. The Northrop Grumman Corp. said this week that it and Israel Aerospace Industries plan to pitch the idea of small spy satellites to the Pentagon, which was troubled by China’s field testing in January of a missile designed to shoot down satellites. The initiative would involve creating several satellites at a cost of $175 million to $200 million each. The satellites, which weigh less than 800 pounds, could be deliverable within two years of being ordered.
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