Government/Military

The Paveway 4 weapon system completed all evaluation activities, clearing it to enter service with the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Harrier GR9 aircraft, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported....

The Hubble Space Telescope spotted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, NASA announced. This breakthrough is an important step toward finding chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial...

A satellite orbiting Mars completed its primary two-year mission and, after a pause, will be ready for another, NASA announced. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of a complex Martian...

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] The Space Foundation has certified three GMV space products: insightArthroVR, Moviloc, and SAGRAN, as certified space technologies, GMV announced Dec. 10.     The Space Foundation’s space certification...

[Satellite News 12-12-08] President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is considering what it calls, “not-yet-refined technology,” which includes solar energy-collecting satellites, as part of its energy plan, according to the administration’s...

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded $7.8 million in orders from the U.S. government to provide fixed satellite terminal sites and managed bandwidth services over 16 months...

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] DataPath has received a $3.6 million order from the U.S. Army to continue resets, repairs and upgrades to its Satellite Transportable Terminals (STT) used in the U.S....

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] GeoEye has finalized a service level agreement modification to the company’s NextView contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), GeoEye announced Dec. 10.     The value...

With the federal government sitting back idly while the Detroit Big Three auto industry runs out of money, will Washington next permit the U.S. aerospace industry to dwindle and decay?...

The United States must replace and upgrade its nuclear warheads or risk seeing the U.S. nuclear deterrent deteriorate and fail, according to Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the strategic command....