Government/Military

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. [LLL] will repurchase up to $1 billion worth of its stock over the next two years, the company announced. This is the third L-3 repurchase. "This...

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] A second South African satellite is scheduled to be launched in March, according to a Nov. 25 statement from the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry.     The...

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] L-3 Communications was awarded a $28 million option placement to provide its Prophet signals intelligence platforms for the U.S. Army, L-3 announced Nov. 26.     Under this...

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Goodrich Corp. received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce the first operational satellite system in support of Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), the company...

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has finished the instrument critical design review for the Operational Land Imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the company announced...

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ESA announced. De Winne, from Belgium, will fly...

Even if President-elect Obama is unenthusiastic about deploying the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, Obama now must stand firm in favor of building the...

[Satellite News 11-24-08] Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) Hawthorne, Calif. facility is a remodeled Boeing hangar where engines for the 747 aircraft were once manufactured. The only elements left from...

President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at...

Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill...