Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force took a step forward in its effort to unload excess ICBM motors, despite no changes in federal law or space policy that would allow it to do […]

The Air Force on August 11 awarded contracts to Raytheon [RTN], L-3 Communications [LLL] and ViaSat [VSAT] for Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration (PTSFD). PTSFD will demonstrate the ability to […]

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a longtime critic of U.S. missile defense programs, recommends in a new report that the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system […]

The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] shipped the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile-warning satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the week of Aug. 1 for […]

LOGAN, Utah—Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has no intentions of bringing back the Falcon 1 small satellite launch vehicle, company President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said Aug. 9. Speaking at […]

Most of the changes the Air Force made to spur competition in its third Global Positioning System III (GPS III-3) launch-mission solicitation focused on contract execution, according to a key […]

Orbital ATK [OA] for a second time has delayed its re-engined Antares return to flight, this time targeting the second half of September, according to company COO Blake Larson. The […]

Orbital ATK [OA] on Aug. 10 reported strong earnings in its second quarter despite a slight drop in sales, but the company said the results are preliminary due to an […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently expressed pessimism that the Defense Department’s new Principal Deputy Space Adviser (PDSA) could truly improve how the Pentagon procures space programs. In a report […]