Space

The Air Force gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $1.487 billion cost plus fixed fee contract to provide the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite. Lockheed also […]

First Meeting Scheduled; Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle On Agenda NASA today announced the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee that will review NASA programs, including […]

South Korea may purchase Standard Missile (SM) gear through the Foreign Military Sale program, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. It notified Congress of a possible sale to Korea of […]

European Missile Defense Wouldn’t Work Against Iranian Missiles, Report Asserts; Its Authors Include Missile Defense Critics Lt. Gen. O’Reilly Rejects Anti-European Missile Defense Report As Based On Incorrect Assumptions, ‘Not […]

In Return, Kazakhstan Orders Two EADS Astrium Satellites Providing yet another example of the globalization and rising competition in the space industry, Astrium, a unit of the European Aeronautic and […]

Concern Voiced In Hearings An array of Department of Defense space procurement programs suffers multiple problems, including soaring costs, lengthy delays and increased risks, with some satellite systems now having […]

Contrary to recent reports, the Global Positioning System (GPS) isn’t on the verge of a failure that would leave confused motorists groping for that paper thing called a map. Air […]

Some $1.09 Billion At Stake In This Contract, More Billions Are Possible In Later Action The Boeing Co. [BA] renewed its protest of a NASA-NOAA contract award to Lockheed Martin […]

The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) missile defense system program, which President Obama proposes to eliminate, will be wound down in a way that will permit it to be restarted later, […]

North Korea is poised to detonate another of its nuclear weapons in a test, according to John R. Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, writing in The Wall […]