Lockheed to Launch Rocket; Boeing Gets New Date
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Lockheed Martin Corp. on Monday announced that it will launch its Atlas V rocket on Dec. 17 as planned, while Boeing Co. waited to reschedule a launch of its Delta IV heavy-lift rocket that it was forced to abandon on Sunday.
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Swift&#39;s new launch date is Saturday, if NASA, Boeing and the Air Force can replace and test components of the rocket in time. The gamma-ray observatory&#39;s
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Stocks to watch on Friday:  BOEING CO. :
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And now the ball's in Lockheed's court.
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WASHINGTON -- Boeing Space Exploration of Houston nabbed its second major role on NASA's new astronaut launcher, winning a contract potentially worth $800 million to build and outfit an avionics ring that will control the Ares I rocket in flight.
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Boeing&#39;s new Delta 4 Heavy rocket is less than an hour away from its planned 4:31 pm EST launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today.
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Boeing&#39;s new heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket must wait a further week before making its maiden flight from Florida, US. All the technical issues on the 70m-tall (230ft) vehicle that delayed its weekend blast-off
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The NASA decision is likely to change the dynamics of the space business, setting Lockheed up to be the dominant player in space exploration.
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U.S. Air Force and Boeing Co. BA.N   lawyers are making a "final review" of a long-awaited two-year   contract for rocket launch support services that will pave the   way for billions of dollars of launch contracts over the next   decade, the Air Force said.
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Facing increasing budget pressures, the US Air Force is considering asking rivals Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Lockheed Martin Corp.
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WASHINGTON -- NASA yesterday gave a multibillion dollar contract to build a manned lunar spaceship to Lockheed Martin Corp. , the aerospace leader that usually builds unmanned rockets.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  LMT.N has  received two U.S. Air Force contracts totaling $716 million to  continue work on its F/A-22 Raptor fighter jet, designed to be  the world's most capable, amid reports the $72 billion program  may be scaled back sharply, the company said Friday.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  has won a contract worth $1 billion to build 23 more F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft plus one test aircraft, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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NASA has awarded a   multibillion-dollar contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N   to design, develop and test a manned spaceship to replace aging   U.S. space shuttles, two congressional sources familiar with   the decision told Reuters on Thursday.
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By Kara Rowland, The Washington Times  Sep. 5--Shares of Lockheed Martin Corp. inched up 1 percent Friday after  NASA announced it had awarded the Bethesda company a $3.9 billion contract to  build Orion, its next-generation spacecraft.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new heavy-duty Boeing rocket designed to haul super-sized military satellites into space failed during a test flight to put a dummy satellite into its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.
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By The Denver Post  Sep. 3--Lockheed Martin's victorious bid to build the capsule that will  take astronauts to the moon and beyond will return a generous measure of  stardust to Colorado's space programs.