Government/Military

[Satellite Today 11-28-08] A European Space Agency (ESA) Center based in the U.K. moved a step closer to reality with the news that ESA director general Jean-Jacques Dordain and the […]

The Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System precision attack missile completed its first guided test flight, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. NLOS is a product of NetFires LLC, a joint venture of Raytheon and […]

[Satellite News 12-01-08] ViaSat has made significant progress in developing its Blue Force Tracking (BFT) upgrade for the U.S. Army, according to Ric Vandermeulen, the company’s director of government broadband. […]

The Royal Netherlands Navy test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provincien, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The exercise, which was the […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] European space ministers have concluded a two-day meeting where they made agreements on four key resolutions to undertake new initiatives in several fields and endorsing the next […]

A Russian Progress launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan and reached orbit, then docked with the International Space Station yesterday. The logistics ship carried vital items for the station such […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] China has launched the Yaogan-4 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 1, the Chinese state media announced.     The Yaogan-4 satellite, developed […]

Two Japanese Patriot crews recently fired Patriot missiles in testing at Fort Bliss, Texas, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The company provided operational support for the annual service practice conducted by […]

[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 […]

The Hubble Space Telescope has gained a clear image of two immense stars that until recently were partially obscured, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Actually, what seems to be […]

Iran Now Has Half The Nuclear Material Required To Produce An Atomic Weapon United Nations inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached an impasse in their attempts […]

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. [LLL] will repurchase up to $1 billion worth of its stock over the next two years, the company announced. This is the third L-3 repurchase. "This […]

Pre-Solicitation Conference Set For Wednesday At Marshall In Huntsville NASA released a draft request for proposals, or RFP, for Phase I of its Ares V heavy lifter rocket that will […]

The Falcon 9 rocket aced a static fire test that lasted almost three minutes, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced Sunday. That full mission-length firing in a vertical test stand […]

While other nations aggressively expand their space programs, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley said the United States will be able to retain its leadership in space, according […]

Hackers in recent years have invaded computers at NASA and other agencies, swiping millions of pages of data, some of it sensitive, according to a news report. Cyber break-ins struck […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] L-3 Communications was awarded a $28 million option placement to provide its Prophet signals intelligence platforms for the U.S. Army, L-3 announced Nov. 26.     Under this […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Goodrich Corp. received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce the first operational satellite system in support of Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), the company […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] A second South African satellite is scheduled to be launched in March, according to a Nov. 25 statement from the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry.     The […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has finished the instrument critical design review for the Operational Land Imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the company announced […]

Updated — November 24, 2008 – 2 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date:Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: […]