Space

Raytheon [RTN] Sept. 8 said it was recently awarded a $151 million contract by the U.S. Navy’s NATO SeaSparrow program office to produce 186 Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles, with an option […]

By Geoff Fein ATK [ATK], the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force successfully launched and scored a direct hit on a simulated enemy air defense target during the final […]

By Emelie Rutherford NASA officials steering the cash-strapped Constellation program hailed the developmental Orion crew capsule’s passing of a major review this week and maintained plans are on track for […]

QinetiQ Sept. 2 said that it signed a $38 million contract with European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) Astrium for the supply of the solar-electric propulsion system for European […]

Boeing [BA] and the Air Force recently defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft, demonstrating ATL’s first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a […]

Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded $26.9 million for technical assistance in support of Taiwan’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. This award from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said recently it delivered the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Communication Unit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch on […]

Raytheon [RTN] Sept. 9 said it won the first of several planned low rate initial production (LRIP) contracts to build Standard Missile-6 systems for the Navy. “Standard Missile-6 has been […]

By B.C. Kessner NASA and ATK [ATK] Space Systems conducted a successful horizontal ground-firing test of the first stage of the Ares moon rocket Thursday at ATK’s facility in Promontory, […]

The initial passenger for Arianespace‘s fifth Ariane 5 mission of this year was delivered to French Guiana recently following a trans-Atlantic cargo flight from Europe and is undergoing initial checkout, […]