Space

Boeing [BA] will wrap up production of its three remaining Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites by the end of 2013, according to a company spokeswoman. Boeing is under an […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] yesterday reported lower net income in its fourth quarter despite record sales but lowered its sales and earnings guidance for 2013 due to an uncertain federal […]

Fresh off finalizing its merger with commercial satellite imagery competitor GeoEye, DigitalGlobe [DGI] said yesterday it intends to store the next-generation GeoEye-2 imagery satellite indefinitely after completing construction this year. […]

Boeing [BA] recently completed software qualification testing and systems integration testing, two important milestones for the Air Force’s Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program, according to a company statement. […]

Large military satellite manufacturers impede meaningful change to the way the Defense Department purchases commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) bandwidth from commercial satellite operators, according to the executive of a commercial […]

The first of NASA’s three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., according to an agency statement. TDRS-K […]

The expected merger between commercial satellite imagers DigitalGlobe [DGI] and GeoEye (GEOY) finalized yesterday. The combined company, to be known as DigitalGlobe, has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion, based […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) subsidiary Astrium nearly $147 million in contracts to study toward the development of the Ariane 6 and Ariane […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has joined Sierra Nevada’s (SNC) Dream Chaser program to compete for NASA’s Commercial Crew spaceflight program, according to a company statement. Lockheed Martin will be an exclusive […]

BELTSVILLE, Md. — ATK [ATK] is looking to take advantage of reformed export control laws to regain satellite components market share. “We export a lot of our components and, hopefully, […]