Lockheed Martin has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the Astrotech Space Operations business of Astrotech Corporation. Astrotech Space Operations is a leader in satellite launch preparation services, from final testing and fueling to encapsulation and day-of launch operations
Russia on Tuesday carried out a successful test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, according to various reports. Interfax and ITAR-TASS cited the defence ministry as saying a successful test of the RS-12M Topol ICBM had been carried out from Russia's Kapustin Yar rocket launch site near the Caspian Sea at 9:08...
Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a contract with the Korean satellite service operator KT Sat, subsidiary of KT Corporation, to build two telecommunications satellites, Koreasat-7 and Koreasat-5A, winning the contract against an international field of competitors. The two satellites will provide Internet access, multimedia, broadcasting and fixed...
Brazil has requested the sale of 16 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II Missiles, 4 CATM-84L Harpoon Block II Captive Air Training Missiles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency told Congress on May 6. The deal is estimated to be worth $169 million and also includes spare and repair parts, support and test...
Lockheed Martin received a $611 million contract from the U.S
In partnership with the Missile Defense Agency, the U.S
Leidos announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S
South Korea successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a one-tonne payload to any part of North Korea it said on Friday. The missile was launched on March 23, only two days before the North test fired two medium-range ballistic missiles capable of striking Japan
The US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin more than $245 million in contract options to complete production of its seventh and eighth next-generation Global Positioning System satellites, known as GPS III. GPS III space vehicles seven and eight (SV 07-08) received initial funding under a February 2013 long lead material contract for the Air Force's second set of four satellites, GPS III SV 05-08
Airbus Defence & Space announced on the sidelines of DIMDEX 2014 that a state-of-the-art border security system for the National Security Shield (NSS) is now up and running in Qatar. Airbus Defence & Space senior vice president, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Jean-Marc Nasr said the company had finalised the deployment of the advanced security system to the Qatar Ministry of Interior and Armed Forces
MBDA is presenting for the first time ever a new coastal defence system based on the Marte missile family at the DIMDEX exhibition in Doha, Qatar (25-27 March, 2014). This system, the Marte Coastal Defence System (MCDS), guarantees maritime coastal traffic surveillance and interdiction to hostile ships in territorial waters
Lockheed Martin has won $255 million contract in late 2013 from the US Army for Lot 9 production of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket. The new allotment of rockets will be delivered to the U