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The Air Force’s insight into space launch contractor performance could decline as it pursues competition in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, according to a recent Government Accountability Office […]

NASA is about six months from preliminary design review (PDR) for its Mars 2020 rover, according to a key NASA official. NASA Director of Mars Exploration Program Jim Watzin told […]

Orbital ATK [OA] is focusing on early December for its return to the International Space Station (ISS) after NASA contemplated moving the launch to October due to an uncertain cargo […]

NASA the week of Aug. 3 awarded Russia a contract modification for additional rides to the International Space Station (ISS) while the Senate passed a Commercial Space Launch bill that […]

The Air Force and its contractors on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellation are performing so well the service wants to launch the fourth space vehicle early, according […]

The State Department approved a possible $5.4 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Saudi Arabia for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and associated equipment, parts and logistical support. The […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) should pursue a combination of space-based and ground-based sensors to improve missile defense systems instead of favoring one or the other, according to an agency […]

Orbital ATK’s [OA] winning Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) proposal should have been rejected by NASA as unacceptable due to the company’s “dual use” spare parts plan, Ball Aerospace [BLL] […]

The head of Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) said Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) Falcon Heavy rocket certification progress depends on what the company provides from its […]

The Santa Ana (Calif.) Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) on July 24 awarded a contract in excess of $1 million to analytics and imagery provider OmniEarth for water resource management, according […]