Space

Raytheon [RTN] recently said it successfully fired nine Excalibur Ia-1 precision-guided projectiles from a Paladin gun system using a new Atlantic Inertial Systems (AIS) unit July 31 at Yuma Proving […]

By Emelie Rutherford A panel finalizing a report on alternatives for future NASA human spaceflight has decided on four options it will present the White House, with only one of those scenarios calling […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Boeing [BA] Aug. 10 successfully completed the Airborne Laser’s (ABL) first in-flight test against an instrumented boosting target missile, achieving a […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Aug. 11 broke ground on two new facilities that will cost some $24 million at its Space Systems Company operations in Newtown, Pa., that will support […]

By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday unveiled a new focal plane array that it says is four times larger that infrared detectors currently in production and will provide major advances […]

By Emelie Rutherford The panel reviewing NASA’s human-spaceflight equipment and missions for President Obama could lay out options for continuing to develop Ares launch vehicles and using them with alternatives […]

By Ann Roosevelt ATK [ATK], prime contractor on the Ares I rocket that will loft the Orion space capsule into orbit, maintains the program cost, schedule and technical performance are […]

Northrop Grumman NOC] said yesterday that it had delivered last month the final, first stage solid rocket motor for the Minuteman ICBM under the Propulsion Replacement Program. Remanufacturing of the […]

Lockheed Martin LMT] recently reported a mixed bag of second quarter financial results, with earnings falling as expected due to higher pension expenses despite an increase in sales. The company’s […]

Netfires LLC, a joint Raytheon RTN]-Lockheed Martin LMT] venture, recently said it completed the first moving target test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS LS) Precision Attack Missile […]