Space

NASA is touting what it says is a key test leading to the development of future heavy-lift launch vehicles: a structural strength test of a 20-foot-tall aluminum-lithium test cylinder, which […]

An RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean last month as part of a campaign to study atmospheric rivers, prime contractor Northrop Grumman […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said last week its Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellite achieved a major milestone last week: tracking a test missile all the way from launch to […]

Amid a projected slowing in related government spending, the primary trade group for the aerospace and defense industries recently reached the largest membership in its 92-year history. The growth of […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace last week said they have agreed to develop a liquid oxygen (LOX), liquid hydrogen (LH) engine that would be built using low cost […]

Two industry teams are pursuing a contract for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Objective Simulation Framework (OSF) program. Northrop Grumman [NOC] and industry partner Boeing [BA] last week submitted a […]

The Pentagon’s budget and new weapon-system contracts may remain frozen until April 8, as the House this week is slated to take up yet another temporary federal budget that will […]

The Air Force has launched a second experimental space plane into low earth orbit, and officials say its time on orbit could exceed its sister craft’s 244 days logged last […]

Prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in preparation for an early May […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently reported another successful Patriot Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) test and first ripple fire test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. “This time we had a ripple […]