Month: May 2006

A House Armed Services Committee subcommittee approved $51.5 billion for the U.S. Department of Defense‘s space and missile defense programs for fiscal 2007, shifting some dollars away from high-risk systems...

BY RAY NELSON The first intercept of an air launch target missile from a military cargo plane, currently scheduled for 2008, could slip another year due to funding and mission...

ITT Industries Systems Division, Cape Canaveral, Fla., is being awarded a $6.5 million contract modification. This action definitizes the Western Range (WR) network red slaving effort authorized and placed on...

BY RICHARD MULLEN The Bush administration’s proposed defense budget for fiscal 2007 has raised worries among House members concerning the routine day-to-day readying and equipping of the armed services. The...

BY SCOTT NANCE A reorganization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) management within the Army is just a sign of an expected "explosion" in Army acquisition and use of the flying...

The Thaicom 5 communications satellite, built by Alcatel Alenia Space, arrived at the Kourou, French Guiana launch site on April 22. The launch by an Ariane 5 ECA is slated...

Alcatel Alenia Space announced last week that it has signed a contract to build a new powerful telecommunication satellite for U.S.-based SES Americom, an SES Global company. Beginning in mid-2008,...

Two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellites were launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on missions to reveal the inner secrets of clouds and aerosols, tiny particles...

BY RICHARD MULLEN A House subcommittee approved, without fanfare, a mark-up for a $51.1 billion fiscal 2007 authorization bill for defense programs pertaining to ballistic missile defense and several related...

BY RAY NELSON The first intercept of an air launch target missile from a military cargo plane, currently scheduled for 2008, could slip another year due to funding and mission...