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... the Space Shuttle , to lift Shuttle craft from low earth orbit to higher mission altitudes. Boeing , chosen over Martin Marietta , Lockheed, and General Dynamics Corp., still had to negotiate a contract ... Corporation representing government and leading aerospace manufacturers had said the parties were ready to proceed; Boeing headquarters in Seattle termed the announcement premature, but verified progress in negotiations. Proposed Japanese share ...

... 2002; Chris Kidler, “NASA Awards X-37 Contracts,” Florida Today (Brevard, FL), 27 November 2002.) Boeing successfully launched its first Delta 4 rocket, which the U.S. Air Force would use ... ) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Delta 4 , a “Medium+” configuration of Boeing 's five-member Delta 4 family of rockets, deployed Eutelsat's (European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ...

... -year legal battle between the two largest government contractors, in which Lockheed Martin had accused Boeing of cheating to win rocket-launch work. The venture eliminated market competition for launching weather ... ://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2005/BoeingLockheedMartinFormLaunchServi.html (accessed 17 September 2009); Renae Merle, “ Boeing , Lockheed Join Rocket Division,” Washington Post, 3 May 2005.) April 2005 April May 2005 May ...

... shuttle. A host of contractors were invited to get involved and indeed everyone from Martin, Boeing, Bell, Goodyear, North American, Lockheed, Douglas, Republic, Convair, Chance and even AVRO in Canada had ... demands of such an enormous project, the hypersonic bomber missile contract would ultimately go to Boeing. Boeing would subsequently christen it the Dyna-Soar (for dynamic soaring) and then later the X ...

... stability and flight-control characteristics of the BWB design, particularly during takeoff and landing. Previously, Boeing had used Ship 2, the test-flight vehicle, for ground and taxi testing. Ship 1 ... .gov/home/hqnews/2007/jul/HQ_07165_BWB_First_Flight.html (accessed 8 June 2010); Boeing Company, “ Boeing Flies Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft,” news release, 26 July 2007, http://www ...

... agency’s Journey to Mars. The companies contracted for these four-month studies are: The Boeing Company in Huntington Beach, California; Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver; Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems ... in Florida. The NASA Mentor-Protégé Program provides a platform for large companies, such as Boeing, to assist eligible small businesses with strengthening business and technical capabilities in order to successfully ...

... of Satellite Communications'' , ''op cit'' . note 14 Graphic provided by the Boeing Corporation, see www.boeing.com. note 15 Graphic provided by Thuraya Corporation, see www.thuraya.com ... the Group on Earth Observations http://earthobservations.org/ note 30 Graphic courtesy of Boeing www.boeing.com note 31 Graphic courtesy of Eutmetsat www.eumetsat.int note ...

... , returned from moon by Apollo 12 astronauts, to determine why original white paint had discolored, Boeing Co. said. White paint reflected intense solar rays in space and helped prevent heat buildup inside spacecraft. Boeing researchers thought paint degraded in space because of contaminating film from rocket exhaust, constant proton ...

... October 2001.)'' NASA formally accepted the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite–H (TDRS-H) from Boeing Satellite Systems. TDRS-H was part of a constellation of satellites that formed a communication ... -array antenna did not meet contractually specified performance standards. On 10 August 2001, NASA and Boeing had announced that they had tentatively agreed to a settlement and were finalizing negotiations for ...

... spacecraft Orion CEV into orbit. Under the terms of the US$799.5 million contract, Boeing was responsible for developing and acquiring the avionics hardware, and for assembling, inspecting, and integrating ... the rocket. During the performance period, which would last through 16 December 2016, NASA required Boeing to provide one instrument-unit avionics-ground-test article, three flight-test units, and six ...

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