Space & Missile Defense Report

Two influential House lawmakers from Texas want answers from Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) lack of decision granting DigitalGlobe [DGI] a license […]

The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) June 11 successfully launched the NROL-37 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Liftoff took place at 1:51 p.m. EDT on a […]

The Senate on June 14 approved its version of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill that included a compromise on the RD-180 issue. Sen. Bill Nelson’s (D-Fla.) amendment gives […]

Moon Express and Space IL are the only two Google [GOOG] Lunar Xprize competitors to have produced the verified launch contracts required to stay in the $30 million contest beyond […]

The White House on June 7 objected to a provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)-approved fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill that would require a study of the […]

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams over June 7 and 8 was set to install key sensors around the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to measure real-time radiation, impact detection and temperature. […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is backing the Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) and opposing former member Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in the RD-180 debate. In a […]

The State Department approved a possible $301 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to Australia for SM-2 Block IIIB STANDARD missiles, equipment, and support. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) […]

Orbital ATK [OA] hopes to beat competitors to the launch pad by having its next-generation Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)-class rocket fly its first Defense Department mission in 2019, according […]