Author: Staff Writer

The Boeing Co. [BA] has an ambitious list of space-related contracts that it hopes to seize, according to James Albaugh, president and chief executive of the Integrated Defense Systems unit...

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), the continental defense industry titan, managed to break even in its space enterprises during January through March, besting the Euro6 million (US$7.7 million)...

A Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] imager will be launched Wednesday on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-N spacecraft. The launch will occur from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...

The Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for a launch July 1, according to NASA. Discovery has a window of July 1 to July 19 to lift off from the Kennedy...

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed a static test fire of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology-demonstrator motor at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Northrop principal teammate Alliant Tech...

Eric Cooney, CEO of Tandberg Television, believes the company’s recent acquisitions put it in a far stronger position to serve television operators globally. The company delivers advanced compression systems, as...

Lockheed Martin Corp. completed development of software for the Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) Interim Operations satellite program of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced. SBIRS, an infrared...

Irdeto is teaming up with leading African direct-to-home platform operator Multichoice to trial a new digital video broadcasting – handheld (DVB-H) service in Africa. Irdeto’s mobile broadcast security solution has...

The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. a $29.8 million contract change to provide spacecraft support. Northrop unit Space and Mission Systems Corp., part of the Space Technology unit, in...

Intelsat announced May 18 senior management appointments to Intelsat’s finance organization. Anita Beier, will serve as senior vice president and controller. Beier previously held the position of senior vice president...