A European Commission-ordered assessment of Europe’s space-based security policy has concluded that harmonizing current telecommunications and reconnaissance programs to assure interoperability is a higher priority than any big new hardware-development efforts.
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While being overshadowed by its parent company’s much larger metal and plastic packaging business, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has quietly improved its performance across the board over the last four years.
OPED: What Agenda for Military Space in Europe?
Steve Bochinger is manager of institutional affairs at Euroconsult, in Paris, and managed the report World Prospect for Government Space Markets published in March 2005
Missile Defense Command and Control System Makes Quiet Progress
Intercept tests have grabbed all the attention in the Pentagon’s effort to deploy a national missile shield , but other exercises taking place on a daily basis are every bit as important, according to a senior U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official.
Japan Worries Death of Centrifuge Could Hinder Future Work With U.S.
A senior government official here said cancell a tion of the international space station’s Japanese-built centrifuge module, an option under consideration at NASA, could severely undermine the public’s confidence in Japan’s space program and make it more difficult to pursue cooperative projects with the United States.
Government Agency, University Join to Develop Optical Sensors
The Space Dynamics Laboratory and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are increasing collaboration on the design and calibration of spacecraft sensors, according to officials with both organizations.
NASA: Shuttle Parts Sufficent
Contractors who supply hardware needed to keep the space shuttle fleet in service are starting to feel the pressure to wind down their manufacturing operations for shuttle components.
NASA Poised To Focus Hubble Work on Deorbit
A preliminary design review of the proposed robotic mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope did nothing to convince NASA to go forward with that option for refurbishing the popular spacecraft and installing two new instruments.
NASA Strives To Keep Workforce as Shuttle Retirement Nears
NASA officials are searching for ways to keep a skilled U.S. aerospace workforce on hand during the anticipated four-year operating gap between the space shuttle and the agency’s future astronaut transport.