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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced last week their scramjet experiment performed in Australia last month experienced problems after the rocket’s nose cone failed to jettison. The scramjet experiment...

Iridium Satellite LLC, the global supplier of mobile satellite communications services, announced that Carmen Lloyd, CEO, is retiring from the company. The Board of Iridium Holdings LLC, the holding company...

The Astra-1KR telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES Astra of Betzdorf, Luxembourg, was launched successfully Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle...

BY RICHARD MULLEN An advanced communications satellite that Lockheed Martin Corp. is producing for the Pentagon has passed a significant test of physical durability, the company said. The Advanced Extremely...

A Lockheed Martin team successfully launched a scientific payload April 13 for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Critical Measurements/Countermeasures Program. Lockheed Martin leads the Targets and Countermeasures industry team, which...

BY SCOTT NANCE Bell Helicopter Inc. has a plan to be the top provider of vertical-lift unmanned aerial vehicles, regardless of the mishap experienced this month by one such drone,...

The Missile Defense Agency intends to issue a sole source contract to Vanguard Research, Inc., for scientific, engineering, and technical assistance for ballistic missile defense simulation, architectures, evaluation of sensors,...

The Air Force intends on issuing a request for proposal (RFP) to provide launch support services for the 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. These services...

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to award a sole source contract to Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., for cooperative development of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA Missile...

NASA has selected Honeywell Technology Solutions, Columbia, Md., to provide supplier assurance services to various agency programs and projects. The services primarily consist of systems safety and mission assurance oversight...