Space

Boeing [BA] recently announced that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites the company is building for the Air Force has achieved operational acceptance and entered service. According to a […]

An independent assessment of NASA’s plans for a new heavy-lift rocket and space capsule dubs the agency’s projected costs as optimistic and not suited for long-term planning. The space agency […]

The Navy has extended a contract with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to continue maintaining the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), a system that integrates the launch hardware and software to […]

The Air Force has completed developmental testing of the newest version of the laser-guided Maverick air-to-ground missile, paving the way for operational testing (OT), Raytheon [RTN] said recently. The latest […]

The Army wants information from industry for a Short Range Precision Strike System (SRPSS) that Special Operations Force personnel could use for precision engagements. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile […]

Raytheon [RTN] recently said a series of laboratory tests on the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) tri-mode seeker demonstrated that it exceeds anticipated performance parameters. The SDB II’s seeker […]

South Africa’s Denel Land Systems said it has developed an artillery piece that can directly fire three shells through the same hole–at a distance of one kilometer. The locally developed […]

The Navy last week picked ATK (ATK) and teammate BAE Systems over competitor Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a $109-million contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the […]

Facing the same headwinds as other defense companies, Alliant Techsystems [ATK] recently reported lower earnings and sales in its first quarter but was able to mitigate the decline in earnings […]

As the Pentagon enters a time of austerity, defense leaders said they are rethinking weapon systems plagued by cost and schedule problems and looking for a new acquisition chief with […]