Space

Raytheon [RTN] recently said the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) successfully concluded its annual training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. It provided operational support for JASDF’s Annual Service Practice […]

By B.C. Kessner Raytheon‘s [RTN] quantum cascade laser bid for the Army’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) competition offers the right blend of new technology, mature components, light weight, and production-ready […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers are pressing NASA to follow new human-spaceflight plans spelled out in a policy bill while the space agency’s budget-setting legislation is stalled in Congress. The Senate […]

Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] today announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in support of the Air Force’s Space Test Program-S26 (STP-S26) mission. “The third successful […]

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37. Cape Canaveral, Fla. at 5:58 p.m. EST Nov. […]

By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] have submitted proposals for the next phase of Space Fence, a next-generation tracking radar that will monitor objects in space, executives […]

Boeing [BA] on Nov. 5 successfully launched the last in a series of four SkyMed spacecraft for the Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO). “We are […]

MBDA Italy and the Italian Centre for Aerospace Research (CIRA) last week announced they have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at advancing in the most effective way the operational skills […]

By Marina Malenic Next generation combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and long-range missiles will soon replace the United Kingdom’s fighter fleet, a top British military official said last week. “We […]

By Marina Malenic Prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] and its partner Boeing [BA] completed flight testing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile’s (JAGM) fixed-wing launcher and instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) on the […]