Space

By Geoff Fein Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg will begin deliveries this year of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM), designed for multiple platform uses and potentially the U.S. Navy, according to […]

By B.C. Kessner Raytheon‘s [RTN] Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) begins sea-based flight testing this month, keeping the program on track for initial operational capability (IOC) in 2011, the company said Monday. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said recently that it has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments […]

By Marina Malenic The two industry teams competing for the Pentagon’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) production contract have submitted responses to a draft solicitation and reported successful early testing this […]

By Marina Malenic An aviation industry advocacy group called on President Barack Obama to lay out a strategy for human spaceflight, including concrete timelines, when he arrived in Florida for […]

The Army wants responses and comments by April 30 to its draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) engineering and manufacturing development and low-rate initial production. The […]

Honeywell [HON] said recently that the space industry’s first radiation hardened electronic component for communication systems, which improves the speed of serial data communication fifty-fold over existing space electronics, has […]

Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program team has delivered its 1,000th missile to the Air Force. “This milestone shows the resolve of Lockheed Martin employees to deliver […]

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne [UTX] Apr. 22 helped boost into orbit the U.S. military’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. “Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is pleased to provide power for the U.S. […]

By Emelie Rutherford A key lawmaker encouraged the Pentagon Apr. 20 to continue punishing companies for producing poor-quality missile-defense products, suggesting “warranties” be added to contracts to prevent the government […]