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NASA delays the launch of NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) launch, this time until Jan. 31, pending completion of minor repairs to the vehicle prior to launch. Launch provider […]

Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. laid out on Jan. 26 their timelines for delivering astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017 as part of NASA’s Commercial […]

The Air Force and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said Jan. 23 they reached agreement on a path forward in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) dispute between the two […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT], developer of the Air Force’s nearly multi-billion dollar Space Fence radar program, is to begin key facilities construction in early 2015 after performing a series of important […]

MOJAVE, Calif. —Stratolaunch Systems is almost 40 percent through assembly of its massive carrier aircraft and is on track for a 2016 first flight goal, according to Scaled Composites President […]

The Navy’s third in a new constellation of satellites designed to allow mobile warfighters to communicate in beyond-the-line-of-sight scenarios has been successfully launched into orbit, the service said. The Mobile […]

Driven by a solid showing at its aircraft making segment and a boost from pension income, Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Jan. 27 delivered strong fourth quarter financial results, although the […]

Strong performance at the segment level coupled with a handsome pension tailwind drove solid fourth quarter financial results at Raytheon [RTN], the company reported on Jan. 29. Net income increased […]

Buoyed by the reinstatement of a federal tax credit and increased pension income, Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Jan. 29 posted solid earnings in the fourth quarter while sales were essentially […]

The first of 15 EC135 T2+ training helicopters being produced by Airbus Helicopters for Australia completed its first test flight on Jan. 16, two months after signing the contract for […]