Space

The Air Force is looking at future types of precision, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies in case its access to its Global Positioning System (GPS) signal is denied or the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT], which along with Raytheon [RTN] is gunning for the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar Space Fence contract, expects a contract to be awarded by the end of May, […]

The Defense Department and commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) providers continue to disagree over how the service should handle future acquisition policy in an era of declining defense spending. A focal […]

The Defense Department cited the 36 core “block buy” contract award to incumbent United Launch Alliance (ULA) for a 4.3 percent drop in program costs in the Air Force’s Evolved […]

Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) Dragon space capsule successfully berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday at 10:06 a.m. EDT, the company said on its website. The berthing was […]

A problem with a communications satellite built for Spain’s HISPASAT S.A. and inserted into orbit last month led Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] on Thursday to report lower net income and […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) confirms Friday for the next launch attempt for its third Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Launch is targeted for […]

The Intelligence Community (IC) has reached a consensus allowing commercial satellite imagery companies to sell high resolution imagery, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper said Tuesday. Clapper told an […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) postponed Monday’s scheduled Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission until Friday at the earliest due to what NASA called a Falcon 9 first stage helium leak, […]

Defense Secretary Deborah James said Thursday she’s “kind of working” on getting an eighth Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) mission competed between fiscal years 2015 and 2017, one more than […]