Space

NASA Gives Lockheed $47.5 Million Contract For Space Shuttle Fuel Tanks NASA gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $47.5 million contract change for external fuel tanks to be mated to […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Loral Space & Communications [LORL] will work together in seeking government satellite contracts, the companies announced Wednesday. Loral Space is a unit of Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), […]

By Dave Ahearn Some Democrats and Republicans, people in both the legislative and executive branches, and independent observers all agree on one point: NASA is underfunded and unable to continue […]

Raytheon [RTN] will head a team of companies and universities to pursue a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R series known as the GOES-R […]

By Geoff Fein The relationship between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the commercial imagery sector remains strong and will remain so into the future as the agency continues to […]

Boeing Gains $77 Million Pact For LAIRCM Laser Tracker Gear The Air Force gave the McDonnell Douglas Corp. unit of The Boeing Co. [BA] a $77 million contract change for […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense D-Day. Mark the calendar. Put the Air Force acquisition shop on speed-dial. The Defense Acquisition Board meets today to […]

By Dave Ahearn Engineers are moving toward a solution for the thrust oscillation problems that threaten to cause severe vibration in the Ares rocket for the next-generation U.S. space system, […]