Space
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Air ForceAir Force S&T Disproportionally Hurt By Sequestration, Chief Scientist Says
The Air Force’s science and technology (S&T) efforts have been disproportionally impacted by sequestration budget cuts because the service’s researchers are disproportionally civilian, the Air Force’s new chief scientist said […]
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SpaceSpaceX’s Grasshopper Reaches 325 Meters In Most Recent Launch
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said a recent test of its Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) reusable rocket prototype leaped 325 meters, more than four times higher than its […]
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SpaceU.S. Seeing Progress To Starting Space Dialogue With China, State Official Says
The United States is seeing an increasing willingness from China to discuss space security issues, a State Department official said. This is noteworthy because an expert on Chinese space issues […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s New GPS IIF Satellite Enters Service
The Air Force’s fourth and newest Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite entered into service June 21, according to satellite contractor Boeing [BA]. Launched May 15, GPS IIF-4 was handed […]
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Space
House Appropriators Seek Slim NASA Funding
A House panel will mark up a NASA funding bill Wednesday that would grant the space agency roughly $1 billion below what President Barack Obama proposed and where current funding […]
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CongressDems’ NASA Authorization Provides For Long-Term Funding Profile, Edwards Says
The Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology space subcommittee are proposing a fiscal year 2014 authorization budget for NASA that acknowledges the current fiscal climate but provides a […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Delivers Third SBIRS Highly Elliptical Payload To Air Force
Lockheed Martin [LMT] in June delivered the third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads contracted by the Air Force as part of the Space Based Infrared System […]
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BudgetSASC Wants DoD’s Strategies For Mix Of Military, COMSATCOM Bandwidth
A key Senate panel wants the Defense Department to lay out its short, medium and long-term strategies for using an appropriate mix of military and commercial satellite bandwidth. The Senate […]
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Budget
Air Force Awards $1.1 Billion In EELV Production Services Contracts
The Air Force said yesterday it awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a nearly $1.1 billion contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) production services. The not-to-exceed letter contract is for […]
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Business/FinancialULA Let RD AMROSS Engine Exclusivity Deal Lapse For 2.5 Years, Orbital Says
United Launch Alliance (ULA) let an exclusivity agreement with Russian rocket engine provider RD AMROSS expire two-and-a-half years before renewing it in the late 2000s, a direct reaction to Orbital […]