Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite
A telecommunications satellite that Boeing built for Intelsat lifted off Wednesday from a French Guiana spaceport aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Intelsat 29e launched into space at 6:20 p.m. Eastern Time...
View ArticleCraig Cooning: ULA Backs Development of 2 RD-180 Engine Replacement Options
Craig Cooning, president of the network and space systems division at Boeing, has said the company’s joint venture with Lockheed Martin will incrementally invest funds to help develop two potential...
View ArticleBlue Origin Unveils New Rocket Engine Factory in Alabama
Blue Origin has inaugurated a new factory in Huntsville, Ala., that will work to accommodate high-rate production efforts for two rocket engines.
View ArticleDynetics Works on ‘ALPACA’ Spacecraft for NASA’s Human Landing Systems Program
Leidos’ Dynetics subsidiary has started developing a spacecraft called Autonomous Logistics Platform for All-Moon Cargo Access under a potential $253M contract with NASA to develop human landing...
View ArticleBWXT Secures NASA Contract to Continue Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Work
BWX Technologies announced on Thursday that NASA has awarded its subsidiary, BWXT Advanced Technologies, a one-year $9.4 million contract to continue its Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) design,...
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