Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $433.5 million cost-plus-firm-fixed-fee contract for contractor logistics support for the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to a recent Air […]

Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu took the opportunity of a congratulatory phone call to new U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to bring up the issue of restarting missile defense […]

President Barack Obama signed the continuing budget resolution that includes defense appropriation funds to complete the Medium Extended Air and Missile Defense System (MEADS) Proof of Concept (PoC) under development […]

The Air Force recently successfully launched its second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., according to an Air Force statement. […]

Raytheon [RTN] has just delivered an eighth mobile X-band Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance system (AN/TPY-2) radar to the U.S. government, on the heels of a Defense Department announcement recently […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) new version of its Falcon 9 medium class launch vehicle, called Falcon 9 v1.1, will be ready for the company’s third trip to the International […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft successfully completed the company’s second cargo flight to the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday afternoon when it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean […]