Space & Missile Defense Report

  • Analyst: Navy Should Consider Hardware To Counter Wider Range Of Enemy Missiles, Including ICBMs

    Analyst: Navy Should Consider Hardware To Counter Wider Range Of Enemy Missiles, Including ICBMs

    Kinetic Energy Interceptors On Subs, CG(X) Cruiser? The Navy should consider installing more types of ballistic missile defense systems on its ships, to counter the rising variety of enemy missiles, […]

  • Launches

    Launches

    Ariane 5 Launches Skynet 5C And Turksat 3A Satellites An Ariane 5 rocket launched the Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A satellites, lifting off from the European spaceport in French Guiana, […]

  • Contracts

    Contracts

    NASA Awards Lunar Spacesuit Contract Worth Up To $745.9 Million NASA last week gave Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston a contract worth up to $745.9 million to design, develop and […]

  • Army Lofting Small Experimental Satellites

    Army Lofting Small Experimental Satellites

    The Army is moving to orbit small satellites on an experimental basis, Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, commanding general of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, said. He spoke before […]

  • New Smithsonian Exhibit Shows Life On The Moon

    New Smithsonian Exhibit Shows Life On The Moon

    A new Smithsonian Institution Air and Space Museum exhibit features a model home – for moon dwellers. It also gives people a chance to participate in planning a notional voyage […]

  • Stand To Permit Testing Orion Space Capsule Emergency Abort Motor

    Stand To Permit Testing Orion Space Capsule Emergency Abort Motor

    A test stand is ready for firing the launch abort system motor that will be mounted on the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the next-generation U.S. space capsule, according to NASA […]

  • ATK Launch Systems and Space Systems Merging

    ATK Launch Systems and Space Systems Merging

    Two units of Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] will merge, the company announced. The Launch Systems and Space Systems groups are combining into a single business unit, the company stated. They […]

  • AEHF Satellite Program Progresses

    AEHF Satellite Program Progresses

    The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite saw its spacecraft core structure mated with the payload module, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. AEHF will provide global, highly […]

  • Contracts

    Contracts

    Boeing Gives Ares I Rocket Subcontracts to Three Firms The Boeing Co. [BA] has awarded subcontracts to three small businesses under its NASA Ares I avionics contract. The avionics ring […]

  • Towed Decoy Missile Defense System Tested

    Towed Decoy Missile Defense System Tested

    The Navy completed developmental testing of a BAE Systems fiber-optic towed decoy to protect military aircraft against enemy missiles. Those operational tests were performed on the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet […]