Space

Space Shuttle Atlantis launched Nov. 16 on an 11-day mission to deliver 14 tons of supplies, science experiments and spare parts to the International Space Station as the outpost transitions […]

By Marina Malenic Expanding the U.S. missile defense program could inadvertently prompt nuclear proliferation on the part of countries like China, a top U.S. general warned recently. “We have to […]

Preliminary data from NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. The LCROSS spacecraft and a companion […]

Alliant Techsystems [ATK] has received a $100 million contract from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the Navy’s Trident II (D-5) Fleet […]

AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron [TXT] said Nov. 10 that its United Kingdom (U.K.) based strategic business ESL Defence Ltd. has sold its 500th Baringa Missile Warning System […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Boeing [BA] last week announced that in May they demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track […]

Lighting Science Group (LSG) a global leader in LED (light emitting diodes) lighting products and the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center have signed a two-year agreement today to jointly […]

According to NSR’s new report, “Global Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO),” the EO industry is in the midst of a significant growth phase slated to generate revenues for many segments of […]

By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency has ordered some additional early-intercept demonstration experiments from Northrop Grumman [NOC] that will put to use technologies developed for the company’s recently terminated […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] and the Navy successfully flight tested the extended range variant of the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW ER) earlier this month off the California coast, […]