Space

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – Insitu, a maker of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Navy and Marine Corps, will use its ScanEagle plane to re-compete for a reconnaissance […]

The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system supported U.S. and NATO forces in their mission to protect civilians and reduce the flow of arms to Libya, prime contractor Insitu, a wholly owned […]

TeleCommunication Systems [TSYS] recently announced in a press release that it has received $16.1 million of new orders from the U.S. Army to continue to provide satellite communications equipment, engineering […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army recently said they conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system yesterday, detecting, tracking and intercepting […]

The K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter will be deployed to Afghanistan next month following an evaluation that concluded the system performed well during testing last summer, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) […]

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff of the Army sent letters supporting the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) “proof of concept” […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) recently approved full funding in the defense appropriations measure for fiscal year 2012 for a two- year “Proof of Concept” for the tri-national Medium Extended […]

Raytheon [RTN] and its German industry partner, RAMSYS, recently said they completed missile upgrades and integration testing as part of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 program. The partnership […]

NASA announced recently its intended design for a heavy-lift rocket that will to carry astronauts to Mars, appeasing lawmakers irked by a delay in the plan’s unveiling. The new rocket, […]

Boeing [BA] recently announced it received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the Air Force adding funding to the existing Block II follow-on contract for full production, launch and on-orbit […]