Space
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Business/FinancialLaunches
Last GPS IIR Satellite Complete, Ready For Cape Canaveral June Launch The final Global Position System Block IIR satellite is complete and ready for shipment to Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
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SpaceGAO Says Airborne Laser Costs Up, But Obering Says They Stabilized Recently
By Dave Ahearn While the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told members of Congress that costs of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system jumped from $1 billion to $5 billion, […]
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Air ForceKehler: TSAT Study To Go To Lawmakers In Spring
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force plans to deliver a study to Congress this spring on whether to rework Transformational Satellite (TSAT) program, a review spurred by plans to add […]
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Air ForceLord: Air Force Cyberspace Command Needs Faster Acquisition Process
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force will need a much more flexible acquisition process to ensure its burgeoning Cyberspace Command is properly equipped to counter adversaries using complex technologies to […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Ends Test Of Missile-Thwarting System On Civilian Planes, As Guardian Pod Is Removed
Counter-Manpads Asset Seen Able To Protect Each Passenger For $1 — Price Of Pop And Peanuts Northrop Hopes Airlines Install Guardian System On Planes For Far Less Than $4 Billion […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing To Gain New Sole Source Ground-based Midcourse Defense Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will negotiate a sole-source contract for The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue leading the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program, according to an MDA notice and Boeing […]
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CongressCongress Should Weigh Forcing Secretary Of Defense, Director Of National Intelligence, To Issue National Security Space Strategy: GAO
Strategy Document Was Written Four Years Ago But Never Agreed To Or Released, GAO Reports A quickly-written watchdog-agency letter to key Senate lawmakers disclosed that a National Security Space Strategy […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
Boeing Submits GOES R Proposal To NASA For Two Satellites The Boeing Co. [BA] submitted a proposal to NASA to produce two next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, known as the […]