Space

Contractor Employees At Risk; Some Will Shift To Other Jobs In Their Companies The beginning of the end has arrived for workers in the space shuttle program, with 160 workers […]

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] an $83.6 million firm fixed-price contract for radars needed by the Navy and by allied military forces on their F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter […]

GHL Acquisition Corp. will pay 15 percent less than earlier agreed to buy Iridium Holdings LLC, a major satellite operator, the firms agreed. The price drop reflected changes in stock […]

President Doesn’t Understand Missile Threat, But Lawmakers Increasingly Comprehend It President Obama’s expected cuts in ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs will stagger the effort to protect Americans from missile attacks, […]

Alcatel-Lucent [ALU] signed two framework agreements worth $1.7 billion with China Mobile and China Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent announced. The deal will provide network upgrades, integration and maintenance services this year. As […]

President Obama said he is confident that terrorist groups such as the Taliban and al Qaeda won’t be able to seize Pakistani nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. However, Obama also said at […]

The Army gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $150 million contract-change deal to produce Hydra-70 rockets, warheads and motors. Deliveries are expected to begin in September next year. This order […]

Gates Said To Think 30 Airborne Lasers Required For Good Global Coverage Against Enemy Ballistic Missiles Ballistic missile defense systems effective against short- or medium-range enemy missiles are "more likely […]

NASA gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a contract worth up to $44.5 million to provide an instrument that would fly on the long-delayed National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, or […]

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the crown jewel of Army medicine, celebrated its 100th anniversary Friday with a ceremony and a formal ball, but the celebration was bittersweet because the […]