Space
-
SpaceFirst GPS IIF Satellite On Orbit, Air Force Says
The first GPS IIF satellite is in its designated orbital position and ready for its final phase of on-orbit checkout and testing, officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s […]
-
Space
Kuwait Requests About $900 Million In Patriot Sales
Kuwait is requesting an approximately $900 million Foreign Military Sale to buy Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-T (GEM-T) missiles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Aug. 10. Kuwait requested […]
-
Space
Airborne Laser Test Bed Expanding The Envelope
By Ann Roosevelt The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) is preparing for another test as it continues to expand the envelope of the speed-of-light capability examining the potential of directed […]
-
Space
ATK and NASA to Perform Second Ground Test of the Ares Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA will test the second fully developed Ares five-segment solid rocket motor, known as Development Motor-2 (DM-2). The five-segment rocket motor is an upgraded version of […]
-
Space
Aerojet Successfully Demonstrates Next Generation Solid Ramjet Fuel
GenCorp‘s [GY] Aerojet said Aug. 10 that it has successfully tested an advanced solid ramjet fuel in an engine ground test. The fuel is being developed to provide long-range, high-speed […]
-
Space
Senate OKs NASA Bill That Could Give Solid-Rocket Motor Industry Reprieve
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a NASA policy-setting bill recently that could help the solid-rocket motor industry in the wake of the cancellation of the Constellation manned-spaceflight program. The […]
-
Space
Orbital Gets $125 Million-Plus NASA Rocket Program Contract
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] has been selected by NASA for the prime contractor role on the space agency’s Sounding Rocket Operations Contract II (NSROC II) program. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity […]
-
Business/FinancialNGA Awards $7.3 Billion For EnhancedView Contracts To DigitalGlobe, GeoEye
By Geoff Fein The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last week awarded a $3.5 billion contract to DigitalGlobe and $3.8 billion to GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems [GEOY] for the EnhancedView commercial […]
-
CongressSenate OKs NASA Bill That Could Give Solid-Rocket Motor Industry Reprieve
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a NASA policy-setting bill last week that could help the solid-rocket motor industry in the wake of the cancellation of the Constellation manned-spaceflight program. […]
-
Space
Solid Rocket Motor Industry Too Big, Pentagon Says
By Marina Malenic LONDON–The U.S. solid rocket motor industrial base must be consolidated after years of continued overcapacity, the Pentagon’s top industrial policy official said recently. “We are looking at […]