Business/Financial

By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday said it has acquired Eagle Industries in a deal that immediately gives it a footprint in the military market for tactical accessories and […]

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] recently said it received an Army contract to modify an additional 27 OH-58D helicopters under the Kiowa Warrior Safety Enhancement Program (SEP). The Army has been […]

By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] is relying on open sources for its Network Exploitation Test Tool (NETT) to provide the Army with the same type of threats the service […]

The Conficker computer worm on April 1 will turn on millions of bots spread across the global computer network commanding them to infect systems, or not. Whether an elaborate April […]

Panel Writes Measure That Asserts United States Sill Committee To NATO The Czech Republic government fell, creating uncertainty as to the future of the European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Last […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) space segment completed its critical design audit, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. NPOESS now moves toward critical design review in late April. […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is setting up a Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory (SVIL) to test satellites and space components before they launch, and to facilitate space vehicle component and flight […]

Discovery Orbiter Vehicle Looks Clean, Few Dings Seen In an intricate orbital dance, Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station and made a landing at Kennedy Space Center […]

Missile Defense Critics Cite Countermeasures In Enemy Missiles, But Then Move To Cut Funds For Airborne Laser That Overcomes Countermeasures While Obama Castigates Cold War Systems That Go Unused, Franks […]

Shorter-Range Missiles Also May Launch North Korea as early as Saturday plans to launch a missile that it says will orbit a satellite, but which many military analysts say will […]