Space

  • Boeing Responds To MDA Request For Information On Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program

    Boeing Responds To MDA Request For Information On Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Program

    The Boeing Co. [BA] responded to a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) request for information, as MDA seeks industry feedback on the follow-on Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, a major segment […]

  • CBO: Missile Defense Spending To Peak At $15 Billion Yearly In Fiscal 2018

    CBO: Missile Defense Spending To Peak At $15 Billion Yearly In Fiscal 2018

    Actual Missile Defense Outlays May Need To Be $4 Billion More Yearly Missile defense spending will peak at an annual rate of $15 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. […]

  • Contracts

    Contracts

    BAE, Northrop Grumman Gain DHS Counter-MANPADS Pacts The Department of Homeland Security provided contracts to BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] to test systems mounted on airliners to defeat […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    Progress Cargo Vehicle Launched To Space Station A Russian Progress space freighter ship launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Dec. 23 on a supply mission to the International Space […]

  • India Missile Defense Test A Success

    India Missile Defense Test A Success

    India used its Akash interceptor to take out a flying target last week, according to news media reports. The news comes as India also is working to develop a long-range […]

  • Top Chinese Leader Boasts China Now In Deep-Space Club

    Top Chinese Leader Boasts China Now In Deep-Space Club

    China now has become a deep-space power, on the success of its lunar orbiter, Chinese President Hu Jintao said last week, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. This is […]

  • Defense Watch

    Defense Watch

    The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense In Limbo. Congress has yet to agree on what to do about the federal budget–and within that how to […]

  • Ahmadinejad Extremist Comments Seen In Iran As Eliciting Sanctions: Analyst

    Ahmadinejad Extremist Comments Seen In Iran As Eliciting Sanctions: Analyst

    Extremist comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are seen by some in Iran as increasing Western pressure for sanctions against Iran, according to Barbara Slavin, senior diplomatic reporter with USA […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    Ariane 5 To Launch Comms Satellite For Hispasat In Summer 2009 An Ariane 5 rocket will orbit the Amazonas-2 communications satellite for Hispasat in the summer of 2009, Arianespace announced. […]

  • Contract

    Contract

    Northrop To Vie For Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program Segment Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] will compete for a piece of the work on the Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program, the […]