Author: Staff Writer

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...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has appointed three new vice presidents in its Space Technology sector, the company announced. Steve Hixson has been named vice president of the newly created Advanced Concepts...

BSkyB has made a deal with Google to bring a number of Web-based services to BSkyB’s broadband customer base, the companies announced. BSkyB will deploy Google’s suite of search, advertising,...

The launch of the Corot satellite has been postponed due to a leak in the fuel circuit of the Soyuz rocket’s Fregat upper stage, the European Space Agency announced. The...

The final Arianespace launch of 2006 is scheduled for Dec. 8, as an Ariane 5 is slated to place SES Americom‘s AMC-18 satellite and WildBlue Communications‘ WildBlue-1 satellite into orbit....

France’s Caisse des D�pots et Consignations will acquire a 25.5 percent stake in Eutelsat from French investment firm Eurazeo, the companies announced Dec. 7. This is the second major transfer...