Space
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SpaceLockheed Martin Receives $243 Million For JASSM Lot 8 Production
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received an Air Force contract valued at $243.5 million for an eighth production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. “This contract enables Lockheed Martin to continue […]
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Space
Italian Takes Over NATO Theater Missile Defense Program
Italian Air Force Brig. Gen. Alessandro Pera Feb. 1 took over as the new head of the Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Program Office, succeeding retired Brig. Gen. […]
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Space
NASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued Feb. 1 President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states’ economies are linked to […]
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Space
FY 2011 Missile Defense Budget Focuses On Adaptive Approach
By Ann Roosevelt Missile defenses would receive $9.9 billion under the administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget request released Feb. 1, including $8.4 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Boeing […]
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CongressNASA Calls For Canceling Constellation, Acknowledges Hill Pushback
By Emelie Rutherford NASA leaders argued yesterday President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel the Constellation program would not hamper human spaceflight, as lawmakers whose states’ economies are linked to the […]
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Congress
Obama Expected To Call Today For Axing NASA’s Constellation Program
By Emelie Rutherford Florida, Alabama, and Texas lawmakers are girding for a battle over NASA’s future this week following word President Barack Obama today will recommend canceling the Constellation program […]
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Space
NASA Sets as Final Space Shuttle Night Launch
Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned […]
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Space
SpaceX and Spacecom Sign Contract for Falcon 9 Mission
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication (Spacecom) of Ramat-Gan Israel, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, have signed an agreement for launch of a communication satellite aboard a SpaceX […]
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Space
Sofradir to Supply IR Detectors for European Earth Observation Mission
Sofradir, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors for military, space and industrial applications, announced today that it has been awarded an additional $ 3.46 million contract to […]
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Space
Arianespace to Launch 1st 10 Satellites in Galileo Constellation
Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Rene Oosterlinck, director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), today signed the launch contract […]