Space

Airmen of the Japanese Self Defense Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully conducted the second Japanese PAC-3 Missile flight test recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. “This test success […]

SES WORLD SKIES recently said that its NSS-12 satellite safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane, in preparation for launch onboard an […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate considered a NASA spending bill yesterday with more exploration monies than a House version that would delay funding until a blue-ribbon panel offers manned-spaceflight options […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel quizzed Pentagon brass Sept. 24 on the budget implications of the Obama administration’s new European missile-defense plan, with some senators questioning if it will […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently announced the successful demonstration of a proximity sensor, called DragonEye, on NASA’s STS-127 shuttle mission. “The verification and functionality of SpaceX’s DragonEye are a testament […]

Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins [COL] and BAE Systems, will provide real-time situational awareness to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and coalition forces under two recent awards […]

By B.C. Kessner The first two Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites Boeing [BA] built for the Air Force are performing well, the third is set to launch in November, and […]

The huge assembly standing in Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] high bay looks a lot like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but it’s a full-scale simulator of the space telescope’s key […]

By B.C. Kessner The commander of the Air Force Space Command recently said it was closing in on an interim goal of being able to track over 1,000 objects in […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said last month it has begun thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, a major program milestone that will validate […]