Space
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Business/FinancialDefense Supplier Base Dwindling; Some Procurement Programs Have Just One Supplier: GAO Report
The Department of Defense (DOD) is falling short in tracking the health of the defense supplier base, according to a new report from the nonpartisan watchdog agency, the Government Accountability […]
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SpaceWhat Is Past Is Prologue: NASA Scientists Study Apollo Heat Shield To Learn How To Shield Orion
NASA scientists have gone backwards to progress, finding an old Apollo spacecraft heat shield hidden away in Smithsonian Institution archives that can yield secrets for designing the next-generation Orion space […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Seeks Joint-Air-To-Ground Missile Contract With Team Including GD, ATK, L3
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] told defense journalists it is well positioned to vie for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system program, with a $122 million contract in hand for technology […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Sees 3,500 Jobs Lost At Kennedy When Space Shuttles Stop Flying; Up To 5,600 May Be Lost Nationwide
But Kennedy Loss Now Seen As Less Than Earlier Estimate Of 5,000 Or More Thousands Of Space Workers To Lose Paychecks As U.S. Economy Begins Slipping Into Downturn Thousands of […]
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InternationalESA Spacecraft, Searching For Life On Other Planets, Zeros In On One Likely To Have Life Forms: Earth
The Venus Express spacecraft that will search for life on other planets is kicking off its work by focusing on one planet that likely can support life: Earth. The European […]
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Space
Arrays Deploy: A Solar Array For Orion Spacecraft, And A Reflector For Inmarsat 4 F3 Satellite
A circular solar array for the next-generation Orion U.S. space capsule, and a flexible wing reflector array for the Inmarsat 4 F3 satellite, both deployed correctly, companies announced. In the […]
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International
Soyuz Spacecraft Launches From Baikonur To Take Expedition 13 Crew To Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome yesterday to take a new crew to the International Space Station for a half-year stay in orbit. That crew includes Expedition 18 […]
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Space
NASA Still Aiming For September/October Mars Science Laboratory Launch Next Year; Funding Will Be An Issue For Lawmakers
NASA still will try to launch the Mars Science Laboratory about a year from now, rather than waiting for another window two years later, even though provision of some hardware […]
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Business/Financial
Future Combat Systems Active Protection System Passes Interception Tests
The Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) projectile shield Active Protection System (APS) passed interception tests, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Those tests involved both stationary and moving targets. APS defeats multiple […]
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Homeland Security
The Bad Bear Is Back: Russia Fires ICBM From Sub To Target Area In Pacific Ocean, And Fires A Land-Based ICBM, As Medvedev Watches
Sub Missile Flies 7,200 Miles In Test, After Russian Threats To Nuke European Missile Defense System If U.S. Dares To Build It Missile Launches Add To Tensions From Renewed Russian […]