Space

Raytheon RTN] recently posted strong second quarter earnings amid modest sales gains driven by growth and improved performance. Net income increased 15 percent to $489 million, $1.23 earnings per share […]

Missile-defense advocates in Congress have failed so far to halt President Obama’s proposed $1 billion-plus cut to such defenses, but have garnered support for continuing near-term work on U.S. interceptors […]

A planned July 22 intercept test of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) was partially successful, though a Arrow II interceptor was not launched for reasons now under investigation, the Missile […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Air Force this fall will select either Northrop Grumman [NOC] or Raytheon [RTN] in the competition for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration tracking satellites are at the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Fla., awaiting a fall […]

ATK [ATK] and NASA on Monday signified the next steps in space travel to the moon and beyond as they unveiled the first completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid […]

Boeing [BA] earlier this month announced the first order for its 702B satellites as Intelsat Ltd., selected the company to build four telecommunication satellites to refresh and add new capacity […]

As the Defense Department continues a major review of weapons purchasing conducted every four years, an industry group is advocating that the viability of the aerospace and defense industrial base […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) may have terminated the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program, but the agency continues to work with developer Northrop Grumman [NOC] to get all possible benefits […]

A more steady stream of funding and clearer coordinating principles are needed to get the U.S. space industry on solid footing, a top industry executive said on July 14. For […]