The initial two service modules for the Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo carrier, which is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station this year, are nearing completion at the company's factory in Dulles, Va.

“Mr. President, congratulations. You're a tough adversary. No hard feelings, old pal. It's a great two-party system we have. We gave our best and you outdid us. As a matter of fact you stunned us. I never figured you could beat us that badly. I want to wish you all the success in the world.” Those words were spoken three decades ago by then-U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill, a liberal Massachusetts Democrat, to President Ronald Reagan, a conservative Republican, after the chief executive prevailed in a tough budget battle.

Eurocopter sees residual concerns from the Chinese military

“Find the niche and fill it” is a venerable maxim and one Butler National

The two largest space powers outside the U.S. had wildly divergent records in 2011, with Beijing boasting 19 launches and demonstrating in-orbit docking for a future space station while the Kremlin ordered an investigation into a string of high-profile engineering failures plaguing Russia's space program.

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has been presented with the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Middle East Market Penetration Leadership Award in Defence.

An aircraft that can fly from New York to Dubai in a little over two hours was introduced to the Middle East ahead of the Dubai Airshow.

Space Imaging Middle East (SIME) has become the first authorised reseller in the MENA region for Google Enterprise's Geo solutions.