Space & Missile Defense Report

Orbital Sciences [ORB] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Sunday celebrated successful milestones as Orbital’s Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft successfully berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) and SpaceX launched […]

Another operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM is scheduled for Thursday morning between 6:01 a.m. and 12:01 p.m. EDT from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., according to the Air […]

The Pentagon has conducted a successful test of the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system by firing two Standard Missile (SM) interceptors to take out a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target, […]

The Defense Department and NASA together are expected to require nearly $44 billion for launch-related activities from fiscal years 2014 through 2018, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released […]

The United States needs to engage Asia-Pacific partners, particularly in its protected military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) systems, as part of its “pivot” to the region, according to an analyst from […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has discussed with Poland the possibility of procuring the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to fulfill that nation’s priority to modernize its air and missile defense capability, […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has privately funded a direct infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) solution for fast-moving jets that it hopes to get on the F-35. Known as Threat Nullification Defensive Resource (ThNDR), the […]