Space

M-Code, the Defense Department’s next generation military position, navigation and timing (PNT) capability, could be fielded by the end of the decade, if not sooner, according to a key Air […]

The Air Force on Friday released a pair of key documents on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) related to its pursuit of a next-generation rocket propulsion system. The Air Force issued […]

The Senate on Monday confirmed Dava Newman as NASA deputy administrator by a vote of 87-0. Newman is a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems at the […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on Monday launched a satellite developed by Thales Alenia Space for Turkmenistan. Launch took place at 7:03 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, […]

NASA issued Orbital ATK [OA] a stop work notice on April 8 after Ball Aerospace [BLL] protested the agency’s contract award for Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2). NASA spokeswoman Karen […]

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Thursday called the slip of an estimated contract award date for the second Cargo Resupply Services effort (CRS-2) a “good news story” due to an […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–A key Air Force officer is optimistic about the potential capabilities derived from creating satellites via additive manufacturing, better known as three-dimensional (3D) printing. “If the right engineering, […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is at a critical moment that its director called a “seismic shift:” an explosion of data outside the government’s control, radical advances […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–The head of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) remains concerned about the status of the service’s launch ranges as the Air Force prepares for as many as 40 […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Boeing [BA] is open to using rival launch vehicles for its Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) offering for NASA, including rockets supplied by international companies. Boeing Vice President and […]