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A pair of Democrats on the House Science Committee have called for Conrad Lautenbacher, administrator of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to be fired due to problems […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Avanti Screenmedia Group PLC signed a contract to begin work on the Highly Flexible Satellite (Hylas) program, a Ka-/Ku-band satellite that will provide broadband […]

The Lockheed Martin Corp. Thermobaric Hellfire missile completed two shots at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) land test ranges in southern California. Both air launches were executed from an […]

The Pentagon gave Northrop Grumman Corp. a $60.6 million price incentive, firm target contract to acquire long lead parts/advance procurement items for RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Northrop […]

Canada and the United States renewed the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) agreement, broadening the pact to include guarding against potential attacks from the sea in addition to detecting missile […]

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $61.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for work on the fleet ballistic missile (FBM) program. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co. of Sunnyvale, Calif., will […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. a $21.8 million firm fixed price contract change to move toward providing advanced medium range -to-air missiles (AMRAAM). Raytheon Missile Systems, of Tucson, Ariz., […]

By George Cahlink The House overwhelmingly passed a more than half a trillion-dollar defense authorization bill for 2007, after resisting an attempt to slash spending on some missile defense programs. […]

Spirent Federal has provided the U.S. Navy with a simulation system that will be used to test a variety of GPS receivers, the company announced. The systems, acquired by Naval […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said the integrated flight test of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) element met […]

Saab Ericsson Space signed a contract for production of guidance computers and telemetry antennas for the Ariane 5 launch vehicle, the company announced May 11. The order, valued at 10 […]

By Dave Ahearn Members of a House committee lambasted the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program, citing soaring costs, schedules missed and performance fees paid to the contractor […]

Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) signed an agreement to develop new technologies for delivering geospatial data via the Internet, the organizations announced May 11. Under a […]

Substantial cuts that congressional authorization panels are making in authorizations for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) will delay the anti-ballistic-missile program and limit U.S. choices for defensive systems, Lt. Gen. […]

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group to manufacture and deliver Vietnam’s first telecommunications satellite, Lockheed Martin announced May 12. Under the terms […]

The final report of the NATO Missile Defense Feasibility Study was delivered yesterday to the North Atlantic Council, the alliance’s senior political governing body. Marshall Billingslea, NATO’s assistant secretary general […]

Boeing [BA] tested modified underground silo and launch system components for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor, the company announced.This opens the way for the silo system to engage in […]

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on their planned trans-Atlantic merger. The statement includes the Alcatel preliminary prospectus outlining the deal, […]

The Space Shuttle Discovery moved from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to prepare for launch July 1, or in a window […]

Integral Systems Inc. announced May 10 that it received a $21.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to the Command and Control System- Consolidated (CCS-C) effort. The modification, […]

Seamobile Inc. has acquired Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc., a provider of satellite-based broadband communications and networking services for the maritime industry, Seamobile announced May 11. Terms of the agreement were […]

Shin Satellite Plc lost in the 2006 first quarter despite a jump in revenues, the company announced May 10. Shin Satellite, which operates the IPstar broadband satellite, lost 58 million […]

News Corp. reported third quarter earnings of $820 million, more than double the same period a year ago, as a strong performance from the company’s satellite TV operations around the […]

New Skies Satellites has signed a framework agreement with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense to provide capacity aboard the NSS-7 and NSS-703 satellites for use by the Netherlands Armed Forces, […]

German pay-TV operator Premiere lost more than 44,000 subscribers in the first three months of 2006, the company announced. Premiere’s subscriber base stood at 3.5 million on March 31. Revenues […]

EADS Astrium signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop and build the satellite for the Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics (Gaia) mission, EADS announced May 11. […]

Panamsat Holding Corp. reported revenues of $213.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, up 2 percent from revenues of $208.8 million in the same period in 2005, the company […]

Echostar Communications Corp.‘s first quarter profit was nearly cut in half, hampered in part by a charge related to a lawsuit from Tivo Inc. over digital video recorder technology, Echostar […]

Middle East satellite pay-TV operator Showtime has appointed Rob Ovens senior vice president of finance. Ovens previously was at Granada Sky Broadcasting, where he held the position of managing director […]