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The Air Force gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $1.487 billion cost plus fixed fee contract to provide the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite. Lockheed also...

South Korea may purchase Standard Missile (SM) gear through the Foreign Military Sale program, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. It notified Congress of a possible sale to Korea of...

NASA gave three companies contracts for liquid nitrogen, or LN2, and liquid oxygen, or LOX. The firms will supply six NASA facilities supporting activities for the Space Operations Mission Directorate...

NASA gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $29 million follow-on contract to help design air traffic management and other items in the Airspace Concept Evaluation System (ACES). This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee...

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] up to $30 million for Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) long-lead purchases. They will facilitate later low rate initial production. SLAMRAAM is...

A sensor on the Aqua satellite measures the health of phytoplankton in the oceans by checking the amount of florescent red light they emit, NASA reported. The Moderate Resolution Imaging...

It could cost $42 million or so to take a retired space shuttle and display it in a museum or other forum, according to John Shannon, space shuttle program manager....

The Mars rover to be launched in 2011 will be called Curiosity. A NASA panel selected the name following a nationwide student contest that attracted more than 9,000 proposals via...

The debate over climate change continues to rage, with some arguing that forecasted growth in the population will place strains on the supplies of fuel and food, triggering an increase...

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Harris Corp. a 10-year contract with a potential value of $736 million to provide the ground segment for...