Space & Missile Defense Report

NASA is a step closer to the first flight test of the rocket that will send humans on their way to the moon as part of the agency’s Constellation Program. […]

Updated — January 23, 2009 – 2:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission:NOAA-N Prime Launch […]

The super fast Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM) system used by the British Army and Royal Marines is to get a new lease on life for the next 13 years […]

Hicks Sees Aegis Missile Defense System Useful In Obliterating Enemy Missile In Ascent Phase Navy Aegis Program Needs 200 To 250 More Standard Missiles Than Planned By 2015 By Dave […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] will build a satellite, New Dawn, for Intelsat Ltd. The deal was set last month, where Intelsat is forming a joint venture with Convergence Partners to […]

NASA would receive an extra $1.5 billion if pending congressional economic stimulus legislation passes. One-third of that sum would go to NASA Earth science missions studying climate and other conditions. […]

The Navy gave ATK a $55 million Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for the advanced anti-radiation guided missile (AARGM). ATK will provide missiles, containers, spares, support/special test equipment, and […]

A vehicle-mounted laser system shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), The Boeing Co. [BA] announced today. UAVs are threatening U.S. troops in war zones. In tests at White Sands […]

Peter B. Teets, a former senior Air Force and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] official, will receive a lifetime space achievement award April 1 at the National Space Symposium from the […]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was chosen to chair the House Science and Technology Committee space and aeronautics subcommittee that oversees NASA, and authorizes its programs. Gifford’s husband, Mark Kelley, is […]