Author: Staff Writer

If Democrats win control of the Senate in the mid-term election tomorrow, that could be bad news for the defense industry. But if Democrats gain control of the House and...

Prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] is conducting tests on a newly constructed full-scale evolutionary pathfinder of the future James Webb Space Telescope sunshield. Northrop will verify its design concept...

The Air Force is forming an offensive and defensive cyberspace unit to deal with growing threats and opportunities in the cyberspace area, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne announced. That would...

Crew members on the International Space Station (ISS) repaired a faulty oxygen generator that earlier had leaked fumes inside the ISS. Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin installed new valves...

Space Shuttle Discovery Set For Rollout Toward Launch Pad Space Shuttle Discovery is set to roll out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center at 7 a.m....

Cingular Wireless LLC and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced a partnership Nov. 2 to stream 25 XM music channels to Cingular handsets. Beginning Nov. 6, Cingular Wireless customers may...

Globalstar Inc. priced its initial public offering at $17 per share, the company announced Nov. 2. The company has also added 1 million shares to the offering, bringing the total...

Orange UK will launch a GPS navigation system for corporate customers that will be powered by Webraska, a provider of mobile GPS navigation systems and geospatial software for wireless carriers...

Launch preparation is underway in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for the launch of BADR-4, a Eurostar E2000+ satellite built by Astrium for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat). Liftoff on a Proton...

Apax Partners has completed the acquisition of France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC), a deal commenced in July. Apax also recently announced its acquisition of Telenor Satellite Services, bolstering its...