Lockheed Martin-Built System Successfully Directs Laser Beam for Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin announced today that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) team has successfully fired the High Energy Laser through the Lockheed Martin-developed Beam Control/Fire Control system. In a series of tests conducted in the aircraft...

Lockheed Martin Team Conducts Free-Flight Hover Test of MDA's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin announced today that its team successfully conducted a free-flight hover test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle-L. Conducted Dec. 2 at the National Hover Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the test met...

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Completes Acquisition of ARDE, Inc.
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has completed the acquisition of ARDE, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of high performance spacecraft and missile propulsion components. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. company. ...

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Completes Purchase of ARDE.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-1 December 2008-Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Completes Purchase of ARDE(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has completed the acquisition of ARDE, a manufacturer of high performance spacecraft and missile propulsion components. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies...

Military Weather Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Achieves Five Years on Orbit, Exceeding Design Life.
Constellation Projected to Provide Critical Weather Data for Years to Come SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Flight 16 (F16) Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin , has surpassed five years of on-orbit operations and continues to provide critical weather...

Boeing Creates Missile Defense Systems Organization, Announces Locations.
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) announced plans today to jointly headquarter its recently formed Missile Defense Systems organization -- a major business enterprise within the Space and Communications operating unit -- in Washington, D.C. and Huntsville, Ala., bringing together all Boeing...

SAIC Signs NATO Theater Missile Defense Systems Engineering and Integration Contract.
SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation announced today that it has signed a firm-fixed-price contract to support the integration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) capability. The contract signing ceremony took place at the...

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to Boost Italian Defense and Disaster Prevention Satellite.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. company, will help Italy further its national defense and disaster prevention by boosting a radar satellite into space on Oct. 24. COSMO-SkyMed 3, a satellite with both civilian and military applications, will be onboard a...

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes Critical Design Review on J-2X Rocket Engine.
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has taken a major step toward powering the nation's next-generation space launch vehicle with the completion of the J-2X engine Critical Design Review (CDR). Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. company. Starting in...

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Space Shuttle Main Engines Boost Equipment to Service and Repair Solar Array Joints on International Space Station.
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) successfully boosted supplies and equipment onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour today. Endeavour launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Mission STS-126 - the 27th mission to the space station. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne...