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NASA selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Rocketplane Kistler to demonstrate their ability to loft cargo and eventually crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). In the demonstration contracts,...

Boeing Co. will close its Connexion satellite Internet unit for aircraft following "a detailed business and market analysis" of the service, Boeing announced Aug. 17. "Over the last six years,...

NASA selected Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, and rival Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) to demonstrate their ability to loft cargo, and eventually crew members, into orbit, on missions to the International...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Each of the anti-ballistic missile programs to kill enemy missiles just after launch has improved measurably, but further advancements must be achieved in those ballistic missile defense...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A defense company is hoping its ballistic missile defense work may grow as Europe installs a missile shield against enemy weapons launched from the Middle East. But...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) blasted defense contractors for cost overruns on weapons acquisition programs. Sessions, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chairman of...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Boeing Co. [BA] is offering military forces an advancement making Humvees into launching pads for multiple types of missiles. The new Agile Multi-role Weapons System (AMWS)...

Space Shuttle Atlantis has been cleared for launch as early as Sunday with a unanimous “go” recommendation that stands in contrast to the divided views that clouded the recent Space...

Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: the JCSAT-10 communications satellite for Japanese operator JSAT Corp., and the Syracuse 3B military communications satellite for the French Ministry of Defense....

With no breakthroughs likely in space propulsion or rocket design in the near future, a new family of space-launch vehicles developed for military payloads should satisfy all projected national security...