Space & Missile Defense Report

Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] is eliminating roughly 10 senior-level positions as it consolidates its six business units into two: space and defense, according to a company spokesman. The senior vice presidents […]

Debate over the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s (AST) dual role of both promotion and oversight dominated House Transportation aviation subcommittee’s first hearing in seven years on commercial space. […]

Airbus Group and Safran Group on June 30 said they have finalized the creation of their joint venture for the space launchers business, meaning it is now full-fledged operational company. […]

NASA and Orbital ATK [OA] on June 28 performed their second qualification motor test for the Space Launch System (SLS). The 154 foot-long, 12 foot in diameter booster fired for […]

The NASA inspector general has concerns about the independence of contractor-led launch mishap investigations as demonstrated in the aftermath of recent mishaps by Orbital ATK [OA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). In […]

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2011 to 2015, said June 30 that the United States needs to better protect […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in late May successfully tested in a pair of flight tests its enhanced MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor nozzle on the Raytheon [RTN] Standard […]

Raytheon [RTN] successfully completed both a qualification and critical design review milestones as it develops the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), the […]

The Air Force is planning to formalize the creation of an intentional space for commercial satellite operators within the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC). The pilot program for this presence, […]