Government/Military

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $106 million contract to produce Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 missiles for the Navy and key allies. The new C-1 variant will be network-enabled, […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23 million undefinitized with firm fixed price contract for production of 70 Maverick Missiles and a guidance and control section. A unit […]

GMD System Operations And Sustainment At Stake; Missile Defense Agency Contract Sought Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will take on The Boeing Co. [BA] in a fight for an operations and […]

The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft completed its 45-day on-orbit verification, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. NOAA-N is the final Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) that was launched Feb. 6. Lockheed built […]

Military May Lose Laser Capability In Killing Enemy Missiles; Industrial Base Is Threatened By Budget Moves Legislators Write Letter To Gates A bipartisan group of legislators told Secretary of Defense […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is opening its Altair lunar lander program office in Houston. The company is vying for a NASA contract to design and build the human lander that […]

Whether This Means Brighter Outlook For Missile Defense Programs Isn’t Yet Clear The leading congressional critic of missile defense systems will leave the powerful post where she was able to […]

[Satellite News 03-19-09] While there will be plenty of launch opportunities within India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) also hopes to make inroads internationally in the next five years, […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] The Civil and Commercial Applications Project (CCAP) group within the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) asid the geolocation accuracy and performance of Infoterra’s TerraSAR-X data product exceeds […]

[Satellite News 03-18-09] Two X-band capacity contracts with the U.S. government announced by Arrowhead Global Solutions are just the tipping point in a wave of interest in the commercial frequency […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Symmetricom has been awarded a contract from ITT Corp. to provide components for the GPS 3 system, Symmetricom announced March 16.     Under the terms of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) won a contract valued at about  $600 million from NASA to launch four science and satellite communications missions beginning in 2011, the ULA […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] ViaSat  received an order from the U.S. Army for initial production of the next generation Blue Force Tracking (BFT-2) transceivers for the Force 21 Battle Command Brigade […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Arrowhead Global Solutions has been awarded a pair of multimillion dollar contracts to provide more than 200 megahertz of commercial X-band satellite services to two U.S. government […]

[Satellite News 03-17-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom’s new Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) system could be ready for military operations as early as this summer, with a rollout target that […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will add a European Union (EU) navigation payload to SES Astra’s Sirius 5 satellite, SS/L announced March 16.     SES won the contract from […]

U.S. Intelligence Unsure Whether Iran Already Bought Nuclear Bomb From Another Nation: Witnesses U.S. Intel Experts Say Iran Wields Technological Know-How To Build Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Iran is moving in […]

GREENBELT, Md. — Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are […]

GREENBELT, Md. – Any changes that President Obama may make in the U.S. space program should be made swiftly, to reduce anxiety and uncertainty caused by rumors churning throughout industry, […]

Research on the International Space Station (ISS) has discovered ways to lessen virulence of a common food poisoning disease organism, NASA announced. The organism that can cause food poisoning in […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is disbanding the Space Enterprise Council that it fostered more than eight years ago. No public press release announcement of the switch was made by […]

Updated — March 13, 2009 – 9:45 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: * Mission: STS-119 Launch Vehicle: […]

NASA awarded a contract worth up to $58 million for administrative support services at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The deal went to REDE/Critique NSS, Joint Venture, of New Orleans. […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types […]

Balanced, Steady Funding Sought For Missile Defense As President Obama is considering whether to resurrect the former White House National Space Council, a recent report recommends just such a move, […]

[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types […]

NASA test-fired the igniter used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor, the agency announced. The test paves the way for the initial ground test of the Ares […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] said it shipped a sensor that will study aerosols and their effects on Earth climate, the company announced. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor will be integrated with NASA’s […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] and the Army will cooperate on processing sensor data for missile defense and space situational awareness, the company announced. They launched a joint research-and-development effort to […]

Fuel Line Problems Finally Yield To Probe By Experts; Shuttle Flight Is Safe With No Foam Insulation Problems Seen Discovery Set To Reenter, Land On March 28 And we have […]