Space & Missile Defense Report

The United States, along with the United Kingdom, Australia and two other allied countries, has been in discussions with satellite services provider O3b Networks for access to the company’s satellite […]

The Javelin Joint Venture’s Javelin Weapon System recently had a successful series of direct hits in U.S.-India joint exercises that could give a boost to the recently unveiled U.S. Defense […]

The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Sept. 23 said they have successfully incorporated a key Patriot missile and Sentinel radar capabilities into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command […]

The Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), major stakeholders in the Minuteman III follow-on ICBM study, need to better coordinate their efforts to provide cost estimates for […]

Due to the Air Force’s decision to keep the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office open through fiscal year 2014, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said he lifted his hold on Air […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] said its Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3, destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight during a test at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.  “Defeating a UAS demonstrates […]

A number of companies in both the satellite manufacturing and operating realms responded to the Air Force’s hosted payload solutions (HoPS) request for proposals (RFP), which is aimed at providing […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite prototype communicated with Raytheon’s [RTN] GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System (OCX) for the first time in August during a series of […]