Government/Military

A Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile was launched from a submarine submerged in the Pacific Ocean, the USS Alabama (SSBN 731), making the 126 successful test flight since 1989,...

Updated — Feb. 20, 2009 – 5:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 24 Mission: OCO Launch...

Boeing [BA] gave NASA a proposal for design support of a component in the planned Ares V heavy lifter rocket, the company announced yesterday. Ares V will boost to space...

NASA gave American Tank and Vessel Inc. a contract worth up to $45 million to install a test cell diffuser and systems in the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space...

Analyst: Regime Ignored Pressures In 2006, Tested Missile, Nuke; It’s Still Obstinate The West shouldn’t assume that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its moves toward launching a long-range...

The Cobra Dane radar at Shemya, Alaska, was transferred from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to the Air Force. The upgraded radar became available for ballistic missile defense operations in...

 [Satellite Today 02-20-09] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) received an additional $5.6 million of funding from the U.S. Army to provide additional system to support ongoing U.S. military operations, TCS announced Feb....

[Satellite News 02-20-09] Pierre Parent, vice president and general manager of Numerex Satellite Solutions, is working on developing a hybrid satellite and radio frequency identification (RFID) system for the commercial...

[Satellite News 02-19-09] Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham believes the collision of an Iridium commercial satellite with a defunct Russian military satellite on Feb. 10 was an event that will...

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The Secure World Foundation (SWF) has proposed a series of space traffic control solutions to the United Nations in response to the recent collision of an Iridium...