Space

The U.K. government Dec. 20 launched a Green Paper marking the formal consultation on equipment, support, and technology for U.K. defence and security. The consultation, led by the Ministry of […]

By B.C. Kessner Raytheon [RTN] last week said its Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) successfully completed a second ballistic test vehicle firing, this time from a new […]

ATK [ATK] last week said it was awarded a $4.5-million contract from the Air Force for the limited production phase of the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modification (HCSM) […]

NASA has awarded Pratt & Whitney [UTX] Rocketdyne a contract worth about $622,000 to conduct systems analysis and trade studies for heavy-lift launch vehicle system concepts, propulsion technologies and affordability, […]

The Board of Directors of MEADS International (MI) recently named David Berganini as the new president. MEADS International is the transatlantic joint venture undertaken by the United States, Germany and […]

By Marina Malenic The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully completed a Final Integrated System Test of the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, verifying the spacecraft’s performance and functionality in […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it successfully launched an internally-developed Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Plus (GMLRS+) rocket in a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The GMLRS+ rocket, […]

Lenkflugkorpersyteme GmbH (LFK) (MBDA Deutschland) recently said it delivered the first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) launcher to MEADS International as part of the U.S., German and Italian air […]

By Ann Roosevelt The first Army nanosatellite achieved lift off from Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Dec. 8 at 9:43 a.m. Eastern–the first Army-built satellite in more than […]

The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration program satellites, built by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN], detected the test launch of a Minuteman III ICBM on Sept. 17 […]