Space & Missile Defense Report

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, conducted a full mission duration firing of its new Merlin Vacuum engine, the company announced. That test, at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor, […]

United States May Be About To Repeat Past Mistakes: Stopping A Program Just As It Is About To Prove It Works Time Is Running Out For Providing $2 Billion To […]

Updated — March 13, 2009 – 9:45 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: * Mission: STS-119 Launch Vehicle: […]

NASA At 50 Isn’t Adrift; Rather, NASA Still Has Purpose, Relevance, Gerstenmaier Says He Is Asked About Obama Comment A senior NASA official last night rejected the idea that the […]

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $106.5 million contract change to procure 280 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) unitary Air-to-Ground (AGM)-154C-1s, with a moving target/surface warfare capability. That contract also […]

President Obama said NASA suffers from "drift," adding that NASA must have "a new mission that is appropriate for the 21st century," the Orlando Sentinel reported. He also will appoint […]

NASA awarded a contract worth up to $58 million for administrative support services at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The deal went to REDE/Critique NSS, Joint Venture, of New Orleans. […]

U.S. Intelligence Unsure Whether Iran Already Bought Nuclear Bomb From Another Nation: Witnesses U.S. Intel Experts Say Iran Wields Technological Know-How To Build Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Iran is moving in […]

Thales Alenia Space received a contract with JSC ISS – Reshetnev Co. to supply the Telkom-3 communications satellite payload. ISS, the prime contractor, is building the satellite for Indonesian operator […]

While Iran may not have made a political decision to build nuclear weapons, any obstacles to doing so are quickly disappearing, according to a paper from the Institute for Science […]