Space

By Marina Malenic LONDON–The U.S. solid rocket motor industrial base must be consolidated after years of continued overcapacity, the Pentagon’s top industrial policy official said recently. “We are looking at […]

Derco Aerospace, a Sikorsky [UTX] Aerospace Services company, said July 21 that it had signed an agreement with Alliant Techsystems [ATK] to distribute its AAR-47 Missile and Laser Warning System […]

By Marina Malenic LONDON–Raytheon‘s [RTN] plan to build a new missile facility in Huntsville, Ala., could contribute to a booming aerospace sector on the Gulf Coast, officials from the state […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has shipped the STPSat-2 satellite built for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) to Alaska’s Kodiak Launch […]

LaBarge, Inc. [LB] has received a $4.9 million contract from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to continue to produce complex wiring harnesses for the Atlas V launch vehicle. “For the past […]

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon [RTN] performed successfully in the latest integrated THAAD flight test, the company said recently. “This test again demonstrates the […]

By Geoff Fein As the demand from both NASA and the Air Force for solid rocket motors declines, the cost to produce and maintain the Trident II D-5 submarine launched […]

By Calvin Biesecker Despite pressure on defense spending in the United States and abroad, ATK‘s [ATK] new chief believes his company has plenty of opportunities to improve its market position […]

By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] and NANA Development Corp. recently said they are partnering in the competition for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and […]

By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate budget-writing panel endorsed a NASA budget July 22 that largely heeds a new compromise between lawmakers and the White House to build a heavy-lift […]