Space
-
Business/FinancialNASA Awards Contract To ITT Despite House Committee Request To Delay Award Pending Reviews
A powerful House committee chairman blasted NASA for awarding a new $1 billion-plus contract for the Space Communications Networks Services (SCNS) despite the committee asking NASA to delay the award […]
-
Business/Financial
NASA Gives SAIC $58 Million Contract Change For Safety, Mission Assurance Work At Johnson
NASA gave Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a $58 million, one-year contract change to provide safety and mission assurance at Johnson Space Center in Houston. SAIC will ensure safety, reliability, […]
-
Business/Financial
Intelsat Sells Satellite Capacity To Juch-Tech
Intelsat Ltd. sold capacity on its IS-14 satellite to Juch-Tech Inc. That will help Juch-Tech bolster its LinkStar service to Africa. Juch-Tech signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat for capacity […]
-
Business/Financial
U.S. Firm To Market Satellite Imagery Of German Firm To Defense, Intel Customers
MakaLani, LLC. of Hawaii announced it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with RapidEye AG of Brandenburg, Germany to be the distributor in the United States of RapidEye satellite […]
-
Business/Financial
Under Way On Electrical Power: Ion Engines To Power Spacecraft
The European GOCE spacecraft will use electric engines to provide critical thrust needed to keep it from toppling out of orbit and plunging to Earth. Those T5 ion thrusters are […]
-
Business/Financial
Stolarik Takes Major Post At QinetiQ North America
Mike Stolarik is the new president and CEO of QinetiQ North America, a subsidiary of the British firm that provides IT and engineering. He succeeds Rob Topping who is moving […]
-
Business/Financial
U.S. Leaders Using World Economic Collapse To Justify Deep Defense Weapons Cuts, But China Slowdown Doesn’t Affect PLA Buying Spree
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army is rocketing ahead in its immense military procurement spending spree despite a cooling economy, but officials in the United States are using the economic slowdown […]
-
SpaceSpace Station Module Will Be Named On Colbert Report Tomorrow Night
NASA’s newest module for the International Space Station will get a new name tomorrow night, to be announced on the Comedy Central routine, "The Colbert Report." Announcing the name for […]
-
Business/Financial
Analysts: North Korea Cheats, Breaks Rules, So Why Negotiate Further With Pyongyang?
U.S. Missile Defense Is Required As North Korea Pursues Threatening Missile, Nuclear Capabilities While President Obama is preparing to resume negotiations with North Korea after it test-launched a Taepo Dong-2 […]
-
Business/Financial
Chinese Firm Indicted For Allegedly Aiding Iranian Drive To Advance Nuke, Missile Programs
A Chinese firm stands indicted for allegedly aiding Iran in its drive to advance its nuclear and ballistic missiles development programs, according to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Li Fanwei […]