Space & Missile Defense Report

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is reported to have "an extraordinarily low" chance of success, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said. That is "sobering," agreed Jane Lubchenco, administrator […]

It has been a decade since the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) effected its first intercept of a target missile. On June 10, 1999, a THAAD missile successfully intercepted […]

President Obama is advancing a defense budget plan that will result in a $150 billion shortfall over the next half a decade, unless Congress amends it substantially, a military analyst […]

NASA selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out space shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join […]

Proponents of a dependable U.S. missile defense system of systems shouldn’t worry about the $1.2 billion of cuts to missile defense programs that President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert […]

Retired Air Force Gen. Bruce Carlson was named director of the National Reconnaissance Office. The Aerospace Industries Association praised the move as "an important step in establishing the leadership our […]

President Obama should provide strong support to the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system if he wishes to avert a growing danger of a nuclear arms race sweeping across the […]

The Global Positioning System III, or GPS III, is moving into the critical design review phase, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That move into the next phase began on schedule, […]

A Chinese submarine struck an underwater sonar array being towed by the U.S. Navy destroyer John S. McCain (DDG 56), according to news reports. The incident happened near the Philippines, […]

China is flexing its muscle with a huge naval transformation, including acquisition of strategic platforms that mean the most populous nation on Earth is becoming a blue-water navy, with power […]