The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a pulsar, a dead star, that pulses with gamma rays, NASA announced. That will permit scientists to learn more about how such collapsed stars work, according to Peter Michelson, principal investigator at Stanford University for Fermi's Large Area ...
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France's SAFRAN Group yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the biometrics business of Motorola [MOT] in a deal that would expand its already robust fingerprint matching business in the United States and globally. Terms of the pending transaction were not disclosed. SAFRAN, which is doing the ...
By Dave Ahearn The incoming president and Congress to be elected next month may make major cuts in the ballpark of "at least $1 billion," centered in less-advanced ballistic missile defense programs, as federal finances are poised to become much tighter, a Senate panel staffer said yesterday. ...
By Calvin Biesecker France's SAFRAN Group yesterday said it has agreed to acquire the biometrics business of Motorola [MOT] in a deal that would expand its already robust fingerprint matching business in the United States and globally. Terms of the pending transaction were not disclosed. SAFRAN, ...
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Waiting On The Defense Bill. President Bush had not yet signed (or vetoed) the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill as of Defense Daily's deadline last Friday. He has until the end of this week to sign the massive Pentagon ...
Updated -- October 9, 2008 - 12:50 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Oct. 19 Mission: IBEX Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL Rocket Launch Site: Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll Launch Time: 1:48 p.m. EDT Launch Window: ...
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] completed final testing on the SES New Skies NSS-9 commercial communications satellite, the company announced. The engineering team completed pre-shipment procedures for the satellite, which will be stored at the company's Dulles, Va., facilities until the company is ...
NASA, in moving to save money by retiring the space shuttle fleet, will encounter hidden costs and problems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported to congressional committees. The U.S. space agency "faces disparate challenges defining the scope and cost of [space shuttle] ...
Updated -- September 29 - 2:20 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: October + Mission: TacSat-3 Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Minotaur Rocket Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility - Goddard Space Flight Center Description: NASA ...
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] broke ground on a new facility at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the first building in Wallops Research Park. The research Park is a joint effort by NASA, which owns Wallops Flight Facility, and the Marine Science Consortium and Accomack County to ...