Space Industry Analysis
Jun 04, 2012
Dragon Opens The Door On Commercial Space...............
Jun 04, 2012
Sierra Nevada Corp. will attempt the first free flight of its Dream Chaser commercial-crew spacecraft this summer, including an autonomous approach and landing at Edwards AFB, Calif., following this captive-carry test of the flight vehicle. An Erickson Air-Crane heavy-lift helicopter carried the composite 25,000-lb. vehicle through an hour-long test May 30 designed to assess its aerodynamic performance.
Jun 04, 2012
JPL's NuStar satellite is a low-weight, high-energy complement to Chandra
Jun 04, 2012
After 14 years, Congress may finally overhaul export controls.
Jun 04, 2012
Dragon must add docking adapter to space station before carrying crew.
May 28, 2012
The results of Aviation Week's 2012 Top-Performing Companies (TPC) study are providing fresh evidence that downturns in U.S. and European defense spending are starting to hit contractors (p. 44). BAE Systems, Finmeccanica, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon all saw their TPC scores decline from last year. And the strong gains in operational efficiency made by defense primes during the past decade are showing tentative signs of weakening.
Mar 30, 2020
Lockheed Martin says it is taking the final steps to ensure that the jam-resistant Military Code (M-Code) signal for GPS satellites is declared operational this year.
Mar 30, 2020
April will serve as a milestone month for the nascent U.S. Space Force. Not only will the new acquisition council meet for the first time, the service will also submit recommendations to the chief on unified missile warning architecture.
Mar 30, 2020
As Stratolaunch continues preparations to restart flight tests of its giant carrier aircraft next fall, the company has unveiled new details of the rocket-powered hypersonic vehicle fleet it plans to deploy for high-speed flight research and development.
Mar 30, 2020
The water that appears to have once flowed and pooled abundantly on Mars likely came from at least two sources during the Solar System’s early planet-forming epoch, a study says.
Mar 30, 2020
OneWeb Satellites said March 30 it is temporarily furloughing an undisclosed number of employees at its Titusville, Florida, manufacturing facility, citing slowing supply chains and travel disruptions due to the spread of COVID-19.
Mar 30, 2020
Among four astrophysics mission finalists recently selected for potential funding by NASA is the LargE Area burst Polarimeter, a low-cost proposal to observe Gamma Ray Bursts from a spot on the truss of the International Space Station.
Mar 30, 2020
The U.S. Space Force is assisting in the nation’s effort to combat the novel coronavirus by providing additional bandwidth to the USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) hospital ship that arrived in Los Angeles March 27.
Mar 27, 2020
The move, being made to address cybersecurity concerns, could impact the program’s schedule.