Space

By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Boeing [BA] Aug. 10 successfully completed the Airborne Laser’s (ABL) first in-flight test against an instrumented boosting target missile, achieving a […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Aug. 11 broke ground on two new facilities that will cost some $24 million at its Space Systems Company operations in Newtown, Pa., that will support […]

By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday unveiled a new focal plane array that it says is four times larger that infrared detectors currently in production and will provide major advances […]

By Emelie Rutherford The panel reviewing NASA’s human-spaceflight equipment and missions for President Obama could lay out options for continuing to develop Ares launch vehicles and using them with alternatives […]

By Ann Roosevelt ATK [ATK], prime contractor on the Ares I rocket that will loft the Orion space capsule into orbit, maintains the program cost, schedule and technical performance are […]

Raytheon RTN] recently posted strong second quarter earnings amid modest sales gains driven by growth and improved performance. Net income increased 15 percent to $489 million, $1.23 earnings per share […]

Missile-defense advocates in Congress have failed so far to halt President Obama’s proposed $1 billion-plus cut to such defenses, but have garnered support for continuing near-term work on U.S. interceptors […]

A planned July 22 intercept test of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS) was partially successful, though a Arrow II interceptor was not launched for reasons now under investigation, the Missile […]

The Air Force has accepted the second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and ground system modifications for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), prime contractor Lockheed Martin LMT] said last […]

The Air Force this fall will select either Northrop Grumman NOC] or Raytheon RTN] in the competition for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) […]