Space

Chances are that funding may be cut for the Transformational Satellite Program, or TSAT, along with some other defense programs that may go under the knife in the impending administration […]

United Launch Alliance plans to lay off hundreds of workers next year, the Denver Business Journal reported. ULA is a joint venture of The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin […]

But Missile Defense Generally, And The Airborne Laser Especially, Will Face Close Obama Scrutiny While some military analysts have voiced concerns that President-elect Obama will slash defense spending deeply when […]

Honeywell [HON] will provide the Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions. The system will include four control momentum gyroscopes, space hardened electronics, a […]

Iran is moving ahead solidly with construction of a little-noticed heavy water reactor, a new study by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) discloses. If Iran can succeed […]

Full House Authorization Committee Overseeing NASA Has Stable Leadership, But Major Shakeup Hits Subcommittee NASA Faces New Top Appropriators In Both Senate, House Next Year In the wake of elections […]

A satellite expected to last four years is still going after five years in orbit, so its replacement won’t have to be launched immediately, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] stated. The […]

In House, Missile Defense Leader Franks Reelected, But So Too Is Tauscher Key Appropriations Leadership May See Shakeup After Election Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services […]

Israeli Defense Minister Tzipi Livni told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the tiny Middle Eastern nation isn’t ruling out any option as it faces a growing Iranian threat, […]

A team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] finished the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) spacecraft integrated baseline review on schedule, the company announced. That effort with the Air […]