Space

Ducommun [DCO] Dec. 1 said that its Miltec subsidiary was selected to help develop multi-mission space vehicles under the U.S. Defense Department’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office’s Modular Space Vehicles […]

BAE Systems last week said it has received a $60 million readiness and sustainment contract to support the Navy’s Standard Missile (SM) program. “This contract continues our long history of […]

By Marina Malenic The prime contractor for the stealthy Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) is expected to complete retrofits on previously delivered missiles by next fall, while the weapon is […]

By B.C. Kessner Guided munitions, aircraft survivability equipment, advanced sensors, and warfighter security were product areas Lockheed Martin [LMT] planned to enhance when it acquired Bothell, Wash.-based Aculite Corp. in […]

Air Force Reserve helicopter, maintenance and life support personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing Airmen at Patrick AFB, Fla., along with their mission partners from their host wing, the 45th […]

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 in Cape Canaveral Nov. 21. “This second Delta […]

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 […]