Space

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Dec. 2 of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Jordan of JAVELIN Anti-Tank Guided Missiles, Fly-to-Buy Missiles, JAVELIN Command Launch Units (CLUs) […]

Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $17.2 million Foreign Military Sales contract modification to deliver capability upgrades for South Korea’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. With emphasis on upgrading […]

A joint Air Force/Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led team said Dec. 1 that it has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, one […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] said recently that the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, built by the company for Intelsat, was successfully launched into orbit aboard a Land Launch Zenit-3 rocket from […]

The Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) concluded at Fort Bliss, Texas, its annual training exercise that included target engagement and successful test firings of the Patriot Air and Missile […]

International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Eutelsat‘s W7 satellite Nov. 24 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor of the spacecraft that will deliver […]

Arianespace recently has marked a historic milestone with the arrival of its first two Soyuz launchers in French Guiana, which will be used to inaugurate service with this medium-lift workhorse […]

Finmeccanica‘s SELEX Galileo has been awarded a $39.2 million contract for the supply of SM-1S radar seekers for a Middle East customer. The award comes as part of an MBDA […]

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 […]