Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force shut down the existing Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program competition without awarding a contract. Instead, the restructured contest now moves back to square one, with the air […]

The Mars rovers, which NASA designed to send spectacular pictures of the red planet back to Earth, are still going some five years after landing in the alien world. That […]

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin bluntly told Robert J. Stevens, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], to stop trying to kill the future Ares I rocket, according to […]

NASA denied a news report that the White House killed a U.S.-China space cooperation deal. Contrary to a news report, NASA never asked the White House for a cooperative mission […]

Space Agency Moves To Foster Private Commercial Logistics Spacecraft NASA, in a double departure from business as usual, has taken a giant step toward privatizing the transport of cargo to […]

Liftoff Seen Soon A Falcon 9 rocket has been fully integrated at Cape Canaveral, Fla., poised for a liftoff early this year, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, announced. The […]

Long-Term Contract To Be Decided In Impending Obama Administration The Missile Defense Agency gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a cost-plus-award-fee contract worth up to $397.9 million to continue the Ground-base […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced modeling and simulation for missile defense testing, the agency announced. MDA oversaw successful execution of Flight Support Ground Test 03b (GTF-03b). The GTF-03b […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] received a satellite launch contract from Thales Alenia Space, Boeing announced. Boeing will launch the fourth satellite for the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean […]

The first stage flight tank for the Falcon 9 rocket arrived at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced. The Falcon 9 will see its maiden launch next […]