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SpaceDev Inc. will move the operations of its Starsys division from Boulder, Colo., to a new facility in Louisville, Colo., in March, SpaceDev announced Jan. 30. The 72,000- square-foot facility […]

Global Satellite Broadcasting Corp. (GSBC) was asked by Paragon International Placements Ltd. Jan. 29 to delay its listing in the United States by a few days. The request was made […]

The latest Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft has been turned over to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for operational use, manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced. DMSP F-17 […]

XM Satellite Radio has extended its exclusive relationship with American Honda Motor Co. through 2016, XM announced Jan. 30. American Honda, which markets Honda and Acura vehicles, has produced more […]

NDS, a supplier of conditional access (CA) and middleware to satellite pay-TV operators, has seen a double-digit increase in half-year revenues, the company announced. For the second half of 2006, […]

DirecTV Group will acquire Darlene Investments LLC’s share of DirecTV Latin America LLC, giving DirecTV Group full equity ownership of the Latin American satellite-TV provider, DirecTV announced Jan. 30. DirecTV […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $29 million contract for upgrading radars, including those used in a key ballistic missile defense system. Raytheon will provide sustainment support […]

Space Shuttle Atlantis To Launch March 15 On STS-117 Mission To ISS Space Shuttle Atlantis will launch March 15 from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-117 mission to the International […]

Leaders of space agencies in the five nations participating in the International Space Station (ISS) program found it is proceeding well, according to a statement they released after a meeting […]

LANGLEY AFB, Va.–China’s recent test of an anti-satellite missile is worrisome in highlighting vulnerabilities of U.S. space-based assets, but is not a paradigm-shifting event that will usher in an abrupt […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee met Friday with key government officials to probe a recent Chinese test in which one of its missiles shot down a Chinese […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] reported progress in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications program. The hardware eventually will be directly applicable to the next-generation Transformational Satellite Communications […]

The United States will retain its foremost position among nations only if it meets squarely the difficult, dangerous and expensive challenge of exploring space, Michael Griffin, the NASA administrator, asserted. […]

Russia wields hundreds of high-speed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and therefore has nothing to fear from the United States placing a mere 10 ballistic missile interceptors in Europe, the head […]

President Bush said “extremists” of many stripes are seeking to kill Americans and gain access to weapons of mass destruction. These elements “slaughter the innocent,” he said, and now are […]

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system intercepted a SCUD-type missile, the first time the system has been tested in the open spaces of the Pacific […]

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Several nations are discussing possible upgrades to Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles, according to briefers at a Raytheon Co. [RTN] media conference call. Customers potentially interested in upgrading to the […]

The Chinese destruction of one of its satellites proves the Asian giant can cause immense damage to U.S. military and other communications and intelligence satellites, clear evidence that the United […]

Russia launched a Soyuz Progress 24 freighter from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and the supply ship docked Friday with the International Space Station at its Pirs docking compartment. The […]

NASA’s THEMIS, the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms mission, is set to venture into space and help resolve the mystery of what triggers geomagnetic substorms. THEMIS’ […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Alliant Techsystems [ATK] completed the Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (SLIRBM) booster system demonstration for the Navy. The system met all technical, cost and […]

Pakistan signed a letter of offer and acceptance to buy 500 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), the first time that nation has bought the weapon, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. That […]

The Missile Defense Agency gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $3 million contract to continue a study relating to PAC-3 missiles, the company announced. The Lockheed study focuses on the […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose BAE Systems to lead development of a new satellite communications system. BAE will lead a team of 10 companies in the next […]

The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a $98.7 million contract to complete the full-rate production phase of the ICBM guidance replacement program (GRP). This award capped a year […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) already is $100 billion a year short of the funds it needs for existing, planned and needed programs, before Democrats taking over Congress begin to […]

A nuclear-armed North Korea is unlikely to be pressured by China and South Korea to surrender its nukes, and thus the United States may be left to strike militarily at […]