Space

By Marina Malenic The Army is laying the groundwork for terminating a next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and […]

In a significant production milestone, Raytheon [RTN] delivered the 2,000th Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile to the U.S. Navy. “Tomahawk Block IV provides the Navy with a combat-proven weapon that […]

Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] enhanced version of the combat-proven PAC-3 Missile, the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target recently at White Sands Missile […]

BAE Systems‘ recently announced Marine aviators completed an operational assessment of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) with eight direct hits in eight shots. The operational assessment confirms that […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers vexed by President Barack Obama’s attempt to cancel the Constellation moon-exploration program grilled NASA’s leader yesterday about its plan to help commercial companies build human-spaceflight vehicles. […]

International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial space industry, successfully carried the Intelsat 16 satellite to orbit for Intelsat S.A., the […]

International Launch Services (ILS) and global satellite operator SES Feb. 11 announced the ILS Proton launch of the SES-3 satellite with the Kazsat-2 telecommunications satellite in 2011. “ILS and SES […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour successfully lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Feb. 8, marking the first flight of 2010 and the beginning of the Shuttle’s final year of operation. During […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received an Air Force contract valued at $243.5 million for an eighth production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. “This contract enables Lockheed Martin to continue […]

Italian Air Force Brig. Gen. Alessandro Pera Feb. 1 took over as the new head of the Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Program Office, succeeding retired Brig. Gen. […]