Space

By Geoff Fein Even with the concern over dwindling defense budgets and the high cost of putting satellites into orbit, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) sees the […]

The Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] joint venture United Space Alliance (USA) yesterday said it will layoff about 15 percent of its current Space Shuttle support workforce to better […]

The Navy awarded Raytheon [RTN] contracts totaling $368 million with potential modifications for low rate initial production to manufacture Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) systems over a three-year period. “Low rate initial […]

By Marina Malenic The first geosynchronous Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile-warning satellite is expected to provide new tactical support capabilities in addition to its strategic mission, the Air Force program […]

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne‘s [UTX] Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE) demonstrated a throttling range 35 percent greater than in previous tests, as well as several new technology breakthroughs to support […]

Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] July 1 said it received two separate orders from NASA to launch scientific satellites on its industry-leading small rockets, Pegasus XL and Taurus XL. “Pegasus and […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army successfully conducted the seventh of seven intercept tests for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) element of the […]

By Emelie Rutherford NASA last week kicked off its effort to develop a new heavy-lift rocket by 2015, just as some members of Congress crafted plans to speed up that […]

By Marina Malenic The Obama administration has issued a new national space policy that emphasizes international cooperation and support for a robust space industrial base. In a written statement issued […]

MBDA last week said it successfully completed firings of its Aster 30 missile to demonstrate the effectiveness of the missile. Over the last month, the firings were conducted from the […]