Space
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Business/FinancialOrion Launch Abort System Igniter Undergoes Tests
NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] test-fired a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the future American spacecraft. Technicians fired a yard-long igniter for the abort motor […]
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Business/Financial
New DOD Office To Oversee Space And Intel Acquisition
By Emelie Rutherford A new organization within the Pentagon acquisition chief’s office responsible for all acquisition oversight of Defense Department space and intelligence programs has been officially established with Joshua […]
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Homeland Security
MDA Plans Small Business Conference In Huntsville Next Month
The Missile Defense Agency will host a small business conference at Huntsville, Ala., next month. That event will be held July 21-22 at the Von Braun Center North Hall. Theme […]
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Business/Financial
NPOESS Has More Than $1 Billion Added Cost Overrun; Pentagon Threatens Funds Freeze If Paperwork Undone; Screws On VIIRS Sensor Break, Must Be Replaced
Cost Of NPOESS, Once Seen At $6.5 Billion, Now Is $13.6 Billion, Headed For $14 Billion The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that once was estimated to cost […]
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Air ForceObering Says Lithuanian Interceptors Site Could Be Effective, But Not As Optimal As Planned EMD Interceptors Site In Poland; U.S. Still Focused On Obtaining Deal With Poland For Silos Site
Missile Defense Agency Tests A Plane-Based Missile Defense System Obering Seeks U.S.-European Missile Defense Test Area; U.S., NATO Radar Systems Swap Data; More Links Seen Shifting interceptors for a proposed […]
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CongressSenate Panel Approves $17.8 Billion For NASA, Including $200 Million Increase; $3 Billion For Space Shuttle, $2 Billion For Space Station
Measure Also Includes $1.1 Billion For NOAA Satellites The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a sweeping appropriations bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, some $200 million more than President Bush […]
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Business/Financial
House Passes $20.21 Billion NASA Authorization Bill For Fiscal 2009, Including $1 Billion To Reduce U.S. Spaceflight Gap By A Year To Liftoff In 2014
The House, on a lopsided and veto-proof 409 to 15 vote, passed a $20.21 billion authorization bill to support NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, including an […]
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Air Force
Obering Says Interceptors Can Be Deployed In Poland On Time In 2013, If Congress Provides Needed Funds
Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]
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Business/Financial
Official Says U.S. Space Industry Needs To Use Foreign Suppliers To Enter Foreign Markets; Commerce Department Agency To Be ‘Facilitator’ For U.S. Industry
Global demand for space-based capabilities will continue its rapid growth, and the U.S. government should aid U.S. industry as it seeks business overseas, a Commerce Department official said. Ed Morris, […]
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Business/Financial
Bartlett Hits Multi-Agency Setup For Delaying NPOESS; He Says System Rewards Contractors For Cost Overruns
The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not […]