The RazakSAT satellite launch atop a Falcon 1 rocket has been rescheduled to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET on July 13 or 14, Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) announced. Launch was delayed last month after SpaceX identified the potential for an unfavorable interaction between the satellite and the ...

By Calvin Biesecker General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it has agreed to acquired Axsys Technologies [AXYS] for $54 per share in a cash deal that would expand the company's offerings in sensors and imaging systems by adding electro-optical and infrared products and related products. The ...

NASA today announced the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee that will review NASA programs, including the Constellation Program to develop the next-generation U.S. spaceship, and recommend whether those programs should be continued or altered. In its first meeting on ...

First Meeting Scheduled; Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle On Agenda NASA today announced the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee that will review NASA programs, including the Constellation Program to develop the next-generation U.S. spaceship, and recommend whether ...

RedXDefense has launched a new system based on its XPAK portable trace explosives detection device that includes the i-MODULE data logging tool and Spotlight software for the visualization and analysis of this data. The i-MODULE is a hardware device that is mounted on the handheld XPAK and allows ...

European Missile Defense Wouldn't Work Against Iranian Missiles, Report Asserts; Its Authors Include Missile Defense Critics Lt. Gen. O'Reilly Rejects Anti-European Missile Defense Report As Based On Incorrect Assumptions, 'Not Accurate' A new EastWest Institute report co-written by Russian and U.S. ...

Missile defense systems can be useful in deterring aggression against the United States, especially aggression involving nuclear-tipped missiles, and thus should occupy a key position in the U.S. strategic posture, a commission stated. Missile defense systems, already developed to protect the ...

President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have made difficult decisions to rebalance the Department of Defense budget in their proposal for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, a Washington think tank leader stated. Andrew Krepinevich is president of the Center for Strategic and ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaFrance ordered the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to make its entire bird strike database available to the public. "Public disclosure is our job," LaHood wrote on his official blog. "The sea change in government transparency is beginning, ...

By Dave Ahearn NASA requires President Obama to reaffirm explicitly that the space agency must remain on course to exploring the cosmos beyond low Earth orbit, former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin stated. He and the current Acting Administrator Chris Scolese wrote separately that the space agency ...