Government/Military

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has been awarded a $26.1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force‘s Arnold Engineering Development Center for the design, fabrication, installation and testing of...

Updated — November 30, 2008 – 5:30 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Dec. ** Mission: TacSat-3 Launch...

New Uses Seen For ABL Include Taking Out Aircraft, Cruise Missiles, Surface-To-Air Missile: Boeing Test Success, Possible New Uses For ABL Come As Congress May Consider Cutting ABL Funds In...

European space ministers in recent days have backed multi-year outlays for the European Space Agency totaling Euro11.2 billion (US$14.4 billion). Various time frames apply to different programs, ranging from 2009-2013,...

Bad Florida Weather Forces Endeavour To Divert To Edwards Air Force Base Fickle Florida weather that forced Space Shuttle Endeavour into a West Coast landing yesterday, a cranky and reluctant...

While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will...

President-elect Obama today announced he will retain Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the top Pentagon post, and also said Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Armed...

The Czech Republic Senate, 40-31, approved a plan for the United States to install a radar on Czech territory as part of the envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Because...

NASA awarded contracts in response to 382 small-business proposals to meet critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects. The awards are part of NASA’s Small Business Innovation...

RS-24 Test-Fired Successfully For Third Time An increasingly bellicose Russia test-launched a sea-based ballistic missile from a submarine, and also readied plans to deploy a land-based nuclear-tipped missile that Russians...