Story update: The United Launch Alliance Atlas V successfully launched the AEHF-2 communications satellite into orbit at 2:42 p.m. EDT May 4. The United Launch Alliance launch of the Air Force's ...

AEHF TESTS: The U.S. Air Force announced May 11 that Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have completed the first system-level requirements verification intersegment test to ensure that the Advanced ...

The sixth Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) protected communications satellite is encapsulated in its protective fairings and mounted atop its rocket in ...

The Air Force is deferring scheduled upgrades to its highly secure constellation of communications satellites so it can fund other Defense Department programs, reports Space News. Funding for the ...

SATELLITE MATING: Lockheed Martin is expecting to put its second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite in Baseline Integrated System Test following the mating of the Northrop Grumman ...

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, El Segundo, Calif. – The U.S. Air Force successfully activated the AEHF-2 communications payload 11:25 a.m. PDT today. Payload activation was accomplished from the AEHF ...

RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) is one of the best defense contractor stocks to buy right now. On March 13, RTX secured a $2.01 billion contract modification from the US Air Force. The contract covers work ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said Lockheed Martin Corp may face significant financial consequences after an engine failure that prevented a new communications satellite from ...

The Department of State has cleared a potential foreign military sale to the United Kingdom for Navy multiband terminals and related equipment valued at $200 million, with RTX named as the principal ...