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NASA gave DRI Commercial Corp. of Irvine, Calif., a contract to repair critical infrastructure facilities at Johnson Space Center in Houston damaged during Hurricane Ike in September. Funds will be […]

NASA gave Sigma Space Corp. of Lanham, Md., a contract to provide hydrospheric and biospheric sciences support services. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus fixed fee contract will […]

Tracking Laser Overcomes Atmospheric Distortion Far Longer Than Required For High-Power Laser To Demolish An Enemy Missile The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another success, ironically just as […]

It has been a decade since the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) effected its first intercept of a target missile. On June 10, 1999, a THAAD missile successfully intercepted […]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said U.S. missile defenses have a "high probability" of taking out any incoming North Korean missiles. "I have confidence that if North Korea launched a […]

NASA selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out space shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join […]

Retired Air Force Gen. Bruce Carlson was named director of the National Reconnaissance Office. The Aerospace Industries Association praised the move as "an important step in establishing the leadership our […]

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republicans selected Rep. Howard P. McKeon of California as their top-ranked GOP member, and McKeon said he will fight to reverse missile defense cuts that […]

The Global Positioning System III, or GPS III, is moving into the critical design review phase, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That move into the next phase began on schedule, […]

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is reported to have "an extraordinarily low" chance of success, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said. That is "sobering," agreed Jane Lubchenco, administrator […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Middle East communications consultancy Arab Advisors said the number of free-to-air (FTA) satellite TV channels in the Arab World has grown nearly 30 percent growth in 18 […]

President Obama is advancing a defense budget plan that will result in a $150 billion shortfall over the next half a decade, unless Congress amends it substantially, a military analyst […]

A Chinese submarine struck an underwater sonar array being towed by the U.S. Navy destroyer John S. McCain (DDG 56), according to news reports. The incident happened near the Philippines, […]

China is flexing its muscle with a huge naval transformation, including acquisition of strategic platforms that mean the most populous nation on Earth is becoming a blue-water navy, with power […]

[Satellite Today 06-11-09] Euroconsult, the French satellite consulting firm, forecasts that nearly 1,200 satellites will be built and launched for the period 2009-2018, an increase of about 50 percent compared […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $14.7 million contract change for depot-level maintenance for Patriot air and missile defense systems. The Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., […]

While some lawmakers and other critics say President Obama’s budget plan leaves NASA underfunded, his proposal may be far better than what the space agency ultimately will receive from Congress. […]

Germany commissioned Astrium, a unit of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), to study the feasibility of robotic moon landings. In contrast, the United States, China and perhaps […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) extended the Envisat Earth-scanning satellite mission to 2013, ESA announced. That satellite beams down data it has gathered since its launch in 2002. Envisat, short […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing technologies that it hopes one day could result in a machine to convert human feces and urine, and exhaled carbon dioxide, into usable […]

The Artemis hyperspectral imaging sensor was activated on the TacSat-3 satellite, and Artemis is fully functional, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Activation marks the beginning of the year-long TacSat-3 mission to […]

Payton Says If GPS III Contract Award Had Been Protested, Air Force Still Was Set To Let Winner Commence Work On Critically Needed Satellites NEW YORK — The Department of […]

Proposal For More Targets Seen This Summer; MDA Seeks New Sources Of Target Missiles The U.S. missile defense program has a cost problem, not so much with the high-speed interceptors […]

Deep cuts in some missile defense programs will eliminate development of systems to kill enemy missiles in their most vulnerable stage of flight trajectory, while also harming the defense industrial […]

North Korea and Iran are developing more advanced missile capabilities, along with nuclear programs, even as the United States is cutting funds for missile defense programs, a missile defense expert […]

President Obama said he will nominate Rep. John M. McHugh of New York, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, to be secretary of the Army. It isn’t the […]

Space Shuttle Atlantis finally returned home, riding atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. That piggyback ride was needed because foul Florida weather forced Atlantis to land on the West […]

NASA leaders gave Space Shuttle Endeavour a green light to launch at 7:17 a.m. June 13 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A on an exhausting 16-day mission to the […]

The first fleet firings of a new-configuration Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) went well, the Navy reported. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme successfully conducted Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile […]

NASA selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation’s effects on humans living in space. Those proposals came from the New York University School of Medicine in New […]