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Raytheon Co. has been awarded an installment of $27 million to provide satellite communications terminals to support a Space and Naval Warfare Systems contract, the company announced July 2. Under […]

Iridium Satellite released a request for information to potential partners interested in participating in the design, development and deployment of its Next network, the company announced July 2. Iridium unveiled […]

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking information for agile kill vehicle technology, according to a request issued last week. Responses are sought by Sept. 28, the request for information […]

A group of lawmakers has formed the Missile Defense Caucus to step up pressure for adequate funding of programs in the emergent U.S. shield against enemy missiles. The group was […]

Lawmakers won’t back any move to levy a tax dedicated to supporting defense and space programs, because that would commit the legislators to use the money for defense and space […]

Raytheon Gains $145.4 Million Rolling Airframe Missile Contract The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $145.4 million contract for producing and improving its Rolling Airframe Missile program. Nearly $105.5 million […]

Atlantis Piggybacks Atop Boeing 747 Transport; Endeavour Moves To VAB Space Shuttle Atlantis, forced to land on the West Coast by foul weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), headed back […]

The Space Radar completed an integrated baseline review with the Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That review of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset was completed on schedule, […]

The U.S. laboratory being added to the International Space Station (ISS) is to become a national laboratory, and a portion of it is to be opened to other agencies and […]

Math and science teachers, and college students studying to become teachers, who live near certain locations can apply to fly on zero-gravity aircraft flights, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. There […]

NASA is taking a risk that it may send one of its Mars rover vehicles to its death, but the high-stakes potential scientific payoff makes the gamble more than worthwhile. […]

A review meeting where the top Pentagon weapons buyer and other senior leaders considered whether to continue the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program ended with no announcement of a […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved almost $17.5 billion for NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, and a move to add $1 billion more to make good […]

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system was launched in a test involving no target missile, a test that showed THAAD can perform well in the highly stressful area […]

As President Bush warmly welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, Putin’s armed forces were assessing a successful firing of a new type of […]

Russia placed a military satellite into orbit aboard a Zenit-M rocket, Russia’s space agency announced June 29. The mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome had been delayed from December for technical reasons.

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins to supply GPS receivers for the Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module program, the company announced June […]

Powerstar International, a wireless and digital signage solutions provider via wireless, satellite and terrestrial platforms, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Skyboard Corp. of Calgary, Alberta, Powerstar announced […]

Eutelsat Communications finalized a five-year deal with Gateway Broadcast Services for capacity on the W3A satellite, Eutelsat announced June 29. Gateway Broadcast will use the Ku-band capacity on W3A’s African […]

PT Indosat Tbk awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space to build and launch the Palapa-D communications satellite, Thales announced June 29. Palapa-D, scheduled to be placed in orbit in […]

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In a move both to bolster its aeronautical broadband offerings and facilitate its entry to the land mobile and maritime markets, Norcross, Ga.-based EMS Technologies Inc. has signed a definitive […]

The key to reducing delays and increasing safety in the aviation industry lies in the quick adoption of a satellite-based air traffic control system, according to aviation experts. A major […]

With Microspace Communications Corp.’s digital cinema premiere of “Transformers” in Los Angeles June 27, the Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of broadcast video, data and audio satellite services may have found a […]

The rhetoric supporting the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio has been heating up during the first full week of summer, just as regulators invited public […]

Thales Alenia Space To Build Indonesian Satellite PT Indosat Tbk awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space to build and launch the Palapa-D communications satellite, Thales announced June 29. Palapa-D, […]

Access Intelligence Names Chase  To Chair SATELLITE 2008 Access Intelligence has named Scott Chase chairman for the SATELLITE 2008 Conference and Exhibition. Active in the satellite industry since 1981, for […]

Astrium-Thales Alenia Space Capture Satellite Contract Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YahSat) selected a consortium of EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build a communications satellite to serve the […]