Government/Military

NASA issued a request for proposal for the huge Ares V rocket that will hoist payloads to space needed for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a permanent...

Recommendation Comes As Some Urge Dumping Ares I NASA Rocket For EELV Military Lifter AIA Says Studying Shift To EELV Worthwhile, But AIA Doesn’t Recommend That Change It would be...

A Valedictory: NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Sums Up Challenges, Opportunities Facing Space Agency NASA Can Create ‘New Options For Our Grandchildren’s Grandchildren, Or Leave That Privilege To Others’ NASA Administrator...

The planned Tactical Satellite-3 launch set for later this month will be postponed because an avionics component malfunctioned, the Air Force announced. Earlier, the launch had been set for last...

The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) began cold-launch system testing essential for mobile, global and flexible missile defense, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. A key part of this system — the...

Updated — January 9, 2009 – 8:15 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission:NOAA-N Prime Launch...

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] A team led by Raytheon Co. has completed a segment design review and modernized capability engineering for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS control segment (GPS OCX),...

NASA selected Analytical Services & Materials Inc., and Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc., of Hampton, Va., to provide analysis, systems engineering and research support for the NASA Langley Research Center in...

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] GeoEye Inc. signed a multi-year agreement with the National University of Singapore to allow the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) to collect and sell...

The Boeing Co. [BA] reconfigured an on-orbit Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability. The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series built by Boeing, was...