Space
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SpaceGeoEye Picks Lockheed Martin For NGA’s EnhancedView Satellite Program
By Geoff Fein GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY] last week said it has selected Lockheed Martin [LMT] to build the geospatial imagery company’s next- generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as […]
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Business/FinancialGeoEye Picks Lockheed Martin For NGA’s EnhancedView Satellite Program
By Geoff Fein GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY] yesterday said it has selected Lockheed Martin [LMT] to build the geospatial imagery company’s next- generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2, […]
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Business/FinancialOrbital Buys GD Unit, Enters Medium Satellite Market
By Calvin Biesecker Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] last Thursday said it has agreed to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics [GD] for $55 million, giving the […]
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SpaceIntegral Systems Completes Milestone to Provide Air Force Counterspace Capabilities
Integral Systems [ISYS] Monday said it successfully completed the Required Asset Available (RAA) milestone for the Rapid Attack Identification, Detection Reporting System (RAIDRS) Block 10 (RB-10) Central Operating Location (COL) […]
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SpaceATK To Ship ORS-1 In Quick Response To Urgent Military Needs
By B.C Kessner ATK [ATK] met a major milestone recently as it conducted final testing and prepared to ship the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite bus to Goodrich [GR], after […]
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SpaceNASA Authorizers Skeptical About Obama’s Shift To Commercial Spacecraft
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama’s attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA’s leader Feb. 25 about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight […]
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SpaceATK and NASA Perform Final Ground Test for Space Shuttle Program
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA Feb. 25 successfully performed the final ground test of a reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) for the Space Shuttle program at ATK’s Promontory, Utah facility. […]
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SpaceArmy Aims To Kill MEADS Development Effort
By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and […]
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SpaceRaytheon Delivers 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile to Navy
In a significant production milestone, Raytheon [RTN] delivered the 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. “Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with a combat-proven weapon that […]
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SpaceSuccessful Intercept Test For Lockheed Martin Enhanced PAC-3 Missile
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target recently at White Sands Missile […]