Space

ITT [ITT] announced Nov. 2 that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan’s largest satellite manufacturer, has selected ITT Space Systems to build the imaging systems for two geostationary satellites being built for […]

By Marina Malenic Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $46 million, 25-month contract modification to make its missile early-warning Third-Generation Infrared Sensor (Three-GIRS) flight-ready. “Under the modification we’ve been awarded, […]

By Geoff Fein Wednesday’s latest test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) continued to demonstrate the success of Raytheon‘s [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM- 3), and was the second positive […]

By Marina Malenic After a day-long weather-related delay, NASA Oct. 28 launched a next-generation moon rocket that could replace the Space Shuttle. At 1130 EST, the 177-foot-tall Ares I-X took […]

By Ann Roosevelt Japan and the U.S. Missile Defense agency (MDA) Oct. 28 announced the successful intercept flight test of an Aegis Ballistic Missile (BMD) in cooperation with the U.S. […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1 billion contract for continued development and evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System, the company […]

Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and NASA made history Oct. 20 as the Ares I-X rocket rolled to the launch pad, marking the first time in more than 25 years a new […]

Adding to the Atlas rocket program’s accomplished five-decade legacy, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V successfully launched the Air Force’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 (DMSP F18) mission from […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week said the Navy conducted successful test flights Sept. 3 and 4 of two Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs). The Navy launched the unarmed […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said recently that it successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine-engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The firings took place at […]