Space
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SpaceLockheed Martin Delivers Comms Module For Second MUOS Satellite
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered a communications system module for the second satellite in the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, the company said yesterday. Supporting ultra-high frequency (UHF) […]
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SpaceSenate Examines Missile Defense Role Under START Treaty
By Emelie Rutherford As Congress held the first hearing recently on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia, supporters emphasized the pact would […]
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SpaceKongsberg Offering Its Naval Strike Missile As DDG-51 Surface Warfare Solution
By Geoff Fein Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg will begin deliveries this year of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM), designed for multiple platform uses and potentially the U.S. Navy, according to […]
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SpaceRaytheon’s SM-6 to Begin Sea-Based Tests
By B.C. Kessner Raytheon‘s [RTN] Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) begins sea-based flight testing this month, keeping the program on track for initial operational capability (IOC) in 2011, the company said Monday. […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin’s JAGM Completes F/A-18 E/F Wind Tunnel Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said recently that it has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments […]
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SpaceIndustry Teams Clear Key Tests With Final JAGM RFP Pending
By Marina Malenic The two industry teams competing for the Pentagon’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) production contract have submitted responses to a draft solicitation and reported successful early testing this […]
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SpaceAdvocacy Group Calls For Detailed U.S. Space Strategy
By Marina Malenic An aviation industry advocacy group called on President Barack Obama to lay out a strategy for human spaceflight, including concrete timelines, when he arrived in Florida for […]
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SpaceArmy Seeks Responses To JAGM Draft RFP
The Army wants responses and comments by April 30 to its draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) engineering and manufacturing development and low-rate initial production. The […]
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SpaceHoneywell Develops SERDES Electronics Selected for International Space Station
Honeywell [HON] said recently that the space industry’s first radiation hardened electronic component for communication systems, which improves the speed of serial data communication fifty-fold over existing space electronics, has […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Delivers the 1,000th JAASM To Air Force
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program team has delivered its 1,000th missile to the Air Force. “This milestone shows the resolve of Lockheed Martin employees to deliver […]