Author: Staff Writer

NASA science and research space programs have been savaged, facing “unprecedented” funding cuts that mean missions are delayed, compromised or canceled, prominent analysts told members of Congress. “The future of...

The Boeing Co. [BA] delivered the first Block 1A Standard Missile-3 Kinetic Warhead (SM-3 KW) to Raytheon Co. [RTN]. The SM-3 KW provides a sea-based defensive intercept capability against short-...

Patriot guidance enhanced missiles (GEM) made by Raytheon Co. [RTN] destroyed two incoming short-range ballistic missiles in tests of the Raytheon anti-ballistic-missile (ABM) system, the company announced. Tests were conducted...

Northrop Grumman Corp., the third-largest defense contractor, called for a multinational effort on some missile defense programs, including a shield against short- and medium- range threats. The company made its...

NASA selected Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] to provide an Atlas V rocket to launch the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) in 2009. The Atlas V 541 will lift off from Cape...

China’s Beijing-1 imagery satellite, launched in October, has begun operations, Xinhua reported June 8. The microsatellite was built by England’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology...

Travel beyond the bounds of Earth, such as provided aboard the Space Shuttle, never will be free of danger, but clearly such journeys are measurably safer now than in the...

Panamsat announced June 8 it would be providing every major Latin American broadcaster with the 2006 World Cup for their standard and HD channels across the continent. Panamsat will deliver...

Galileo Industries and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected Saft to provide its lithium-ion battery modules for the four satellites involved in the Galileo in-orbit validation phase, Saft announced June...