Space & Missile Defense Report
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InternationalRussia And Europe May Develop Manned Spacecraft For Lunar Missions
Russia and the European Space Agency (ESA) are expected to discuss jointly developing a manned spacecraft, in talks during the Berlin air show this week, according to Russian news agency […]
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Business/FinancialTranscripts Of Griffin, Nelson Warning NASA Faces Tough Funding Challenges
This is the tape-recorded transcript of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, speaking unexpectedly and extemporaneously, and then the scheduled speaker, Sen. Bill Nelson (D- Fla.), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science […]
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[May 26, 2008]
// PDF View- Multiple Kill Vehicle Seeker Calibrated
- GPS Ground Control Segment Finishes Baseline and Requirements Reviews
- Scholar: U.S.-Taiwanese Free Trade Deal Needed, Despite Chinese Anger
- Boeing To Cut Satellite Facility Jobs In Southern California
- Contract
- Launches
- Transcripts Of Griffin, Nelson Warning NASA Faces Tough Funding Challenges
- Russia And Europe May Develop Manned Spacecraft For Lunar Missions
- Israel Has A Right To Retaliate If Iran Launches Nuclear Attack On Israel, Rep. Franks Says
- House Adopts Defense Authorization Bill, Rejects Plan To Restore $719 Million Cut From Missile Defense, But Also Rejects Amendment To Cut $966 Million BMD
- Sen. Nelson Plans For $1 Billion Extra In Fiscal 2009, And Another $1 Billion In Fiscal 2010 For NASA
- Griffin: Moon, Mars Missions May Be Killed For Lack Of Will, Money; A Major Loss Looms; ‘Incredible Turmoil’ Of New President Arriving
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Business/Financial
Contract
NASA Gives Virginia Firm $1.56 Billion Contract For Security NASA gave Coastal International Security, Inc. of Lorton, Va., an up-to $1.56 billion contract for protective services, the agency announced. Coastal […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing To Cut Satellite Facility Jobs In Southern California
The Boeing Co. [BA] plans to lay off about 750 employees in Southern California because of a downturn in its satellite assembly and integration business, the company announced. But some […]
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Homeland Security
Scholar: U.S.-Taiwanese Free Trade Deal Needed, Despite Chinese Anger
The United States should negotiate a free trade deal with Taiwan to demonstrate American support of democracies, despite the inevitable anger that would arouse in the nearby communist Chinese dictatorship. […]
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Business/Financial
GPS Ground Control Segment Finishes Baseline and Requirements Reviews
The Next-Generation Global Positioning System — Ground Control Segment (GPS-OCX) has completed both its integrated baseline review and its system requirements review, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. That integrated baseline […]
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Business/Financial
Even As U.S. Economy Slows, Weakens, Aerospace Industry Employment Rises By 0.9 Percent From Yearend 2007
But Huge Number Of Aging Workers Poised For Retirement; Engineers, Scientists, Mathematicians Needed Even as the U.S. economy slows, with some economists saying it is in a recession, employment in […]
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Business/Financial
Advanced Tactical Laser Fires High-Energy Laser Installed On C-130H
The Boeing Co. [BA] fired an Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) weapon — a high-energy chemical laser installed aboard a C-130H aircraft — in ground tests for the first time, the […]
