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NASA Still Undecided On Atlantis Launch Date, Tank Switch NASA officials won’t be able to decide for another two weeks whether they can repair and use a hail-damaged external fuel […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] joined Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] in competing for the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) contract, Northrop announced. Northrop would be the […]

Lockheed Martin delivered the eighth and final satellite in the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) production program to the Air Force. There are three IIR-M spacecraft on-orbit, […]

The Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) satellite communication system completed testing nearly three weeks ahead of schedule, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. It exceeds performance requirements, the company said. NMT is a […]

The Transformational Satellite (TSAT) laser communications system proved it can deliver high-powered operations at three data rates during recent Air Force tests, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Tests validated system […]

The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $376 million contract for the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile program. Lockheed will provide hardware and services , including production of 112 […]

Radars at sea successfully tracked a long-range target missile, according to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Tracking the target were the Sea-Based X-band (SBX) radar and two Aegis Ballistic Missile […]

Key congressional lawmakers voiced fears that space assets face multiple threats, including the danger of destruction by anti-satellite weapons or an electromagnetic field. Their comments in a hearing of the […]

The Air Force is weighing how to defend U.S. space assets against anti-satellite weapon attacks, and wishes to discuss that with Congress, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said. Is it […]

The news that Ofcom has decided to investigate the U.K. pay-TV market has come as a little surprise given the ramping-up of pressure by players such as Virgin Media, however, […]

MacDonald Dettwiler MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has taken a controlling interest in Orbital Optics Ltd., MDA announced March 20. MDA will pay 900,000 British pounds ($1.7 million) to […]

While not out of the woods yet, the Galileo project took significant steps forward last week with signatures being attained from all the companies for the setting up of the […]

According to a newly published study, NASA satellites have revealed that Amazon forests are neither evergreen nor dependent on constant rain, and are capable of manufacturing their seasons. A team […]

Even though the second demonstration flight of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)’s Falcon 1 failed to reach orbit and was presumed lost at sea only moments after its launch from Kwajalein […]

The March 19 announcement that CIP Canada Investment Inc. would acquire Stratos Global Corp., the largest distributor of Inmarsat services, in a deal funded in part by Inmarsat, has clouded […]

If Fleet Street rumors prove correct, BSkyB is headed for a four-way battle for Pipex Communications, a major player among the United Kingdom’s telecoms market. With nearly 1.1 million fixed […]

NASA exercised a five-year option with Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. worth a maximum $568 million. Teledyne Brown, of Huntsville, Ala., will provide continued systems development and operations support for the […]

The Navy gave Lockheed Martin Corp. a $16 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to a previously awarded contract for Vertical Launching Systems (VLS). Lockheed will provide labor work on MK 41 […]

The Army also gave Raytheon a $38.6 million contract to upgrade Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missiles to PAC-3s, the company announced. That contract is for test equipment upgrades and engineering […]

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $30 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOW). In the latest work, Raytheon will provide 118 JSOW […]

SpacerX Sees DemoFligbht2 Launch Close At Hand SpaceX expects to launch DemoFligbht2 soon, with liftoff tentatively set for 4 p.m. PT today. Last week, “We had a very successful static […]

With the American space program facing tight budgetary times, a key senator called for a bipartisan summit meeting with the White House on the future of NASA. Sen. Barbara A. […]

The Army Space and Missile Defense Command gave L-3 Communications [LLL] unit SYColeman an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to develop an advanced intelligent software technology. It would be used for […]

Potential budget cuts for the next two years in the United States portion of funding for the U.S., German and Italian-funded Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) air defense missile […]

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the House Armed Services Committee chairman, proposed a bill to reform defense contracting. It would curb use of sole source contracts while encouraging use of fixed-price […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system worked well in its first in-flight test of the laser targeting system, the Missile Defense Agency reported. In the test Thursday, […]

NASA could accelerate its Constellation program to get Americans back on the moon sooner than now planned, so as to beat the Chinese in their drive toward a manned mission […]

Democratic and Republican members of both the House and Senate lavishly and repeatedly praised NASA Administrator Michael Griffin for his excellent leadership of the space agency, but the legislators were […]