Space & Missile Defense Report

The reaction wheels of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) that position and stabilize the spacecraft were brought back online and LADEE acquired its safe-mode attitude profile after […]

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Mode 5 identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system has been certified for operation by the United States, making it the first non-U.S. cryptographic […]

The Defense Department should financially compete long-range hypersonic cruise missiles with ballistic and boost-glide systems if it determines there is no potential role for long-range hypersonic cruise missiles distinct from […]

The Pentagon has confirmed that it played a role in an Israeli ballistic missile defense test over the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 3 and said the test had been long-planned […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] is exploring multiple engine alternatives in case its lawsuit against United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Russian rocket engine provider RD AMROSS falls through, according to a company executive. Orbital Executive Vice President […]

The Air Force said on Aug. 21 it plans to award its highly-anticipated, multi-billion dollar new Space Fence contract in the spring of 2014, about a year after its original […]

The Air Force on Aug. 28 successfully launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-65 satellite around 2:08 p.m. EST from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The launch took place on one of United […]

Kuwait became the sixth and latest nation to procure Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile segment program as the company in July was awarded a $308 million Army […]

The Air Force is preparing to discontinue operations of its legacy Space Fence, known as the Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), despite previously pushing back the contract award for […]