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Missile Sales Decline In 2006, But Space Sector Up 3 Percent The annual NASA budget eventually will have to rise to roughly double the approximately $16 billion of outlays currently, […]

But No U.S. Arms Race In Space Seen By U.S. Aide The United States faces a burgeoning threat to its space assets, both those in the cosmos and ground-based links […]

Some Glitches Arise, Requiring Fourth Spacewalk, Longer Mission Crew members from Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-116) installed a large component on the International Space Station (ISS) and set about rewiring it […]

Access Intelligence LLC., a full-service B2B information and marketing solutions provider, is pleased to announce the launch Dec. 18 of the redesigned Web site of Satellite Today: www.satellitetoday.com. SatelliteToday.com’s new […]

Intelsat renewed and expanded its agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) for international distribution of league games, the company announced. The NBA distribution network will now include full-time and […]

A Delta 2 rocket placed a classified payload into orbit on Dec. 14 for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, the first mission for the newly formed United Launch Alliance. The […]

Candidate For Army Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] unveiled a battle command system that features linking air and missile defense (AMD) systems into one seamless architecture, according to the company. […]

NovAtel Inc. has become the first company outside of Europe accepted as a full member of Galileo Services, a non-profit organization promoting the development and use of Galileo-enabled businesses, NovAtel […]

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld presented the Defense Distinguished Service Medal to Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering III, director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Rumsfeld, who is stepping down […]

TacSat-2 Satellite Launched From Wallops Island TacSat-2 was launched successfully at 7 a.m. ET Saturday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the NASA Wallops Island Flight Facility, according to NASA. […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. has received a contract to provide an emergency communications system to Fort Bend County, Texas, the company announced. Eagle will provide its SatMax system and also pre-wire […]

DigitalGlobe has appointed Steve Milton as vice president of software and systems, the company announced. Milton will direct DigitalGlobe’s software and systems business office, leading the development of software systems […]

Terrorists could build a nuclear bomb in the United States using many commonly available components, at a cost of about $5.4 million, experts said. Out of that total, something like […]

U.S. Aerospace Trade Surplus Up 25 Percent; Export Rule Change Sought NASA never will be able to realize its vision of establishing an outpost on the moon if the space […]

President Bush is interested in the emergent fiscal crunch in weapons platform procurement programs, and understands the problem, according to his nominee, Secretary of Defense-designate Robert Gates. “In a very […]

AMC-18 Telecommunications Satellite Launched A telecommunications satellite was launched Friday on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle, according to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. Liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, came at 5:08 […]

First Checks Show No Damage Space Shuttle Discovery executed a blazing liftoff at 8:47 p.m. ET Saturday to light the skies over Florida, in the first nighttime shuttle launch since […]

No Systemic Flaw Seen An Aegis ballistic missile defense system test firing failed last week because of a bollixed system setting, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) reported. The human failure […]

<B>Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced progress in helping to define the payload for the Enhanced Polar System (EPS), which is the next- generation polar military satellite communications asset. Northrop Grumman […]

Norsat International Inc. has reached an agreement with Bill Coyne, the company’s former president and CEO, to settle all claims relating to a wrongful dismissal suit. Details of the settlement […]

Concurrent to the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, XM Radio will offer Radio Hanukkah, a national broadcast channel devoted exclusively to Jewish culture, XM announced Dec. 4. From Dec. 15 through […]

Meteor Shower, Solid Rocket Risks Discussed Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B at about 9:35 p.m. ET Thursday, first-rank NASA officials told […]

China constitutes a burgeoning threat to U.S. military and commercial satellites and weapons platforms, analysts said. While China isn’t yet able to project military power globally, it is poised to […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] plans a mass computerized simulation testing of both Army and Navy missiles, the company stated. This will be a multi-theater, multi-service Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) capability […]

In a 65-page response to questions from members of Congress, Robert Gates, the president’s nominee to become the next defense secretary, takes a sharply different view from the incoming leader […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the 100th Aegis weapons system to the Navy, the company announced. The system is to be mounted in a destroyer named for retired Rear Adm. […]

New technology could help track astronauts and robots on the moon, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Raytheon worked on the technology with Hamilton Sundstrand, a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX]. […]

Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] signed a firm-fixed-price contract to support integration of the NATO Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) capability. The contract signing ceremony took place at […]