Author: Staff Writer

Launch users such as satellite industry participants are invited to a Department of Defense (DOD) industry day for a briefing April 5 in California on the United Launch Alliance (ULA)...

China may procure an aircraft carrier to go with its military buildup of destroyers and four new types of submarines, cutting-edge aircraft and hundreds of missiles. Rep. J. Randy Forbes...

Lisa Marie Nowak, facing criminal charges in Florida, last week was dismissed as an astronaut, NASA announced. A Navy captain, Nowak will be given an assignment in the Navy, pending...

The Missile Defense Agency gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $979.2 million change to an existing cost-plus-award-fee contract, with the added funds paying for continued work on the Aegis ballistic...

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] an $18 million operation and maintenance support contract to provide Kuwait with Patriot system technical assistance. Separately, Raytheon received a five-year, nearly $170 million...

NASA gave Colsa Corp. a contract worth up to $49 million if all options are exercised. Colsa, of Huntsville, Ala., will provide configuration and data management services for the NASA...

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is concerned that the Department of Defense (DOD) might implement guidance on controlling exports of sensitive defense-related technology items that might conflict with existing State...

The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system meets acceleration requirements of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), but funding shortages are slowing development of the KEI land-mobile version....

Sirius, XM XM Satellite Radio brought in revenues of $933 million in 2006, up 67 percent from 2005, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced Feb. 26. XM also added 1.7...