Government/Military

Israel would have a tough time destroying Iranian nuclear facilities, which are numerous, buried deep underground and shielded by barriers 60 feet thick, a Newsweek story said. Thus short of...

A Zefiro 9-A motor completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy), the European Space Agency announced. This was the penultimate firing...

Chinese Submarines Can Be Armed With Anti-Ship Missiles Deadly To Carriers In two separate incidents, Chinese submarines recently crept up near the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier George Washington, according to...

Updated — October 22, 2008 – 3:45 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 + Mission: STS-126...

Indian Moon Orbiter Will Send Probe To Lunar Surface European, Other Instruments On Orbiter Will Study Moon India launched an unmanned spacecraft headed for the moon, marking a further emergence...

Northrop Given $206 Million Air Force Space And Missile Contract For Support Services The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a contract worth up to $206 million to provide...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Boeing Launch Services launched the third Cosmo-SkyMed satellite Oct. 24 aboard a Delta 2 rocket procured from United Launch Alliance, Boeing announced.     Cosmo-SkyMed 3, manufactured by...

The competition to supply private commercial space transport services to NASA is heating up, as The Boeing Co. [BA] joined a PlanetSpace team that already included Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]...

Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. [HON] filed a protest last week with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), objecting to NASA awarding a $1.26 billion contract to ITT Corp. [ITT]. NASA selected...

[Satellite Today 10-27-08] Lockheed Martin completed acoustic testing of the first geosynchronous orbit spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program, GEO-1, the company announced Oct. 27.     Thermal...