Space

Tank With Toxic Hydrazine Fuel Likely Destroyed Skeptics Question Whether Shootdown Was Necessary Bullseye. The Navy obliterated a nonfunctional intelligence satellite using the Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] Aegis weapon control […]

Ambitious Shuttle Missions Schedule Now Set For 2008 Space Shuttle Atlantis glided down to a perfect landing at Kennedy Space Center, where little damage was spotted on the orbiter vehicle […]

Going Directly To Mars, Without Moon Base, Would Be a Strategic Mistake, NASA Official Says Engineers are moving toward a solution for the thrust oscillation problems that threaten to cause […]

Raytheon To Pursue GOES-R Ground Segment Work Raytheon Co. [RTN] will head a team of companies and universities to pursue a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational […]

By Dave Ahearn NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to receive up to $170 million in federal seed money to spur Orbital and its team of companies to […]

NASA gave ATK Launch Systems [ATK] an $812.5 million contract change to continue delivering reusable solid rocket motors for the space shuttle, NASA said Friday. That means the Brigham City, […]

The Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) program lacks effective evaluation yardsticks because the Army has relied on a plan provided by Raytheon Co. [RTN] instead of following more […]

Pakistan Fires Nuclear-Capable Short Range Missile Pakistan launched a short-range nuclear-capable missile, during military exercises. The nuclear-power nation has had the bomb since before India detonated a nuclear device and […]

Raytheon Gains $1 Billion Contract for SM-3 Interceptor Missiles The Missile Defense Agency gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $1 billion contract change for Standard Missile-3 interceptors. Under the contract, Raytheon […]