Space & Missile Defense Report

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently delivered its full-sized, functional Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite prototype to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to test facilities and pre-launch processes, according to a […]

The United States is at risk of creating a Maginot Line in space, primarily with military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) assets, because it continues to assume that space systems will not […]

NASA released on July 19 a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract, the second phase of a two-phased procurement strategy to develop a commercial crew […]

The Navy successfully launched its second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite on the morning of July 19 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard one of United Launch […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] on July 18 reported a decline in second quarter sales but an increase in net income due mainly to lower interest expense and to a lesser degree higher […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] persistent surveillance tethered aerostat and sensors, the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), has essentially completed development tests recently with a successful Early […]

Raytheon‘s [RTN] 14-month early delivery of a crucial new cooling equipment unit (CEU) will give the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) a deployment-ready AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar, company officials said. […]

The United States reducing its nuclear weapons spending is not the answer to its budget problem because it is not a “big swinger,” in terms of the budget, according to […]