Author: Staff Writer

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...

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced June 8 it formed a consulting agreement with Dean Olmstead, one of the company’s directors. The agreement allows Olmstead to provide consulting services to...

Outerlink, a subsidiary of Digital Angel Corp., won contract from the South Carolina Army National Guard to deliver its satellite based Automatic Flight Following System (AFFS). Under the $3.2 million...

Teracom selected Wegener Corp. to provide technology to support digital signage solutions in Sweden, Wegener announced June 7. Teracom currently uses Wegener’s Ipump Media Servers and Compel Network Control to...

Eutelsat Communications signed a facilities agreement for a 1.9 billion euro ($2.4 billion) loan at part of the company’s debt refinancing plans, Eutelsat announced June 8. The proceeds of the...