Space

By Ann Roosevelt The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) is preparing for another test as it continues to expand the envelope of the speed-of-light capability examining the potential of directed […]

Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA will test the second fully developed Ares five-segment solid rocket motor, known as Development Motor-2 (DM-2). The five-segment rocket motor is an upgraded version of […]

GenCorp‘s [GY] Aerojet said Aug. 10 that it has successfully tested an advanced solid ramjet fuel in an engine ground test. The fuel is being developed to provide long-range, high-speed […]

By Geoff Fein The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last week awarded a $3.5 billion contract to DigitalGlobe and $3.8 billion to GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems [GEOY] for the EnhancedView commercial […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a NASA policy-setting bill last week that could help the solid-rocket motor industry in the wake of the cancellation of the Constellation manned-spaceflight program. […]

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 […]

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 […]