Space

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Still Needed To Deter Aggression, Though Fewer Warheads Suffice By George Lobsenz A congressionally chartered commission backed the Obama administration’s emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation as increasingly critical […]

President Obama has chosen to slash funding for ballistic missile defense programs just when the threat of missile attacks is skyrocketing, a pro-missile defense group asserted. Those funding cuts and […]

Deep cuts to the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile program are unwise, as would be a proposed killing of the Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASM) program, the Air Force Association (AFA) stated. […]

President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have made difficult decisions to rebalance the Department of Defense budget in their proposal for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, […]

Updated — May 8, 2009 – 4:15 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 11 Mission: STS-125 Launch […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL] will provide a new communications satellite, AsiaSat 5C, to Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat). AsiaSat 5C will serve […]

SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. hired Arianespace to provide an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket to launch the JCSAT-13 communications satellite in 2013, Arianespace announced. The JCSAT-13 contract is the 27th […]

NASA gave Anadarko Industries LLC a $37 million contract to provide safety and fire maintenance services at Johnson Space Center, home of mission control. Anadarko Industries will provide test safety […]

Updated — May 6, 2009 – 8:25 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 11 Mission: STS-125 Launch […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $115 million contract to continue Pure Fleet upgrades of Army Patriot air and missile defense systems. That Army Aviation and Missile Command contract […]