Space

The first of the Navy’s next generation of narrowband tactical satellites is set for launch later this month, with the entire constellation on course for operations within four years. The […]

Boeing [BA] will make its scheduling deadline for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIF satellite contract, according to a company statement. Using a pulse-line manufacturing approach, Boeing is capable […]

NASA is preparing to launch a multi-month effort to revamp its so-called space-technology-area roadmaps to better jibe with new recommendations in an independent report. NASA proposed creating 14 such roadmaps […]

Four senior lawmakers are objecting to the Obama administration’s plans to negotiate a code of conduct with other nations for activity in space. Among their concerns, cited in a letter […]

The Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC) just released by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff describes those capabilities deemed essential for the joint force to ensure it can […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) sale to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will make the system more affordable for the U.S. military as budgets tighten, company […]

The U.S. aerospace industry had a better than expected 2011 in terms of overall sales, driven by gains in all key, sectors but the outlook for 2012 appears flat, the […]

Raytheon [RTN] said it was awarded a $685.7 million Foreign Military Sales contract for additional new fire units for Taiwan’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. “Our partnership with Taiwan […]

Three major defense companies–Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN]–submitted bids yesterday in the Navy’s competition for the next contract to modernize the Aegis Combat System. The Navy is […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has moved toward final assembly, integration and testing of prototype GPS III non-flight satellite to work out any problems that may arise as it prepares the first […]