Space

The Air Force secretary said he hopes the government’s new unified approach to buying the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) will help both taxpayers and United Launch Alliance (ULA). The […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–NASA’s indecision regarding the future of U.S. space flight could soon have ramifications for employment at many of the nation’s big aerospace firms, the head of a […]

The head of a House panel is expressing concern about levels of funding for ground-based interceptors (GBIs) that are part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system for national missile […]

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a total of $127 million in three separate contracts to Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] to begin conceptual design and development […]

Congressional leaders announced late last Friday they reached a deal that would prevent the federal government from shutting down that night at midnight, after they agreed to contentious issues including […]

An RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean last month as part of a campaign to study atmospheric rivers, prime contractor Northrop Grumman […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said last week its Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellite achieved a major milestone last week: tracking a test missile all the way from launch to […]

Amid a projected slowing in related government spending, the primary trade group for the aerospace and defense industries recently reached the largest membership in its 92-year history. The growth of […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace last week said they have agreed to develop a liquid oxygen (LOX), liquid hydrogen (LH) engine that would be built using low cost […]

Raytheon [RTN] said it has completed all system requirements and testing of the Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland. With this upgrade, the UEWR at Thule is […]