Space & Missile Defense Report

The appearance of the Air Force’s top two officials on Capitol Hill keyed up an ongoing fight between lawmakers over continued use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine. The service […]

NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) source selection statement released late Feb. 5 found that Orbital ATK [OA] had the lowest price among awardees while Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) had […]

The Air Force plans to spend $121 million over the next three fiscal years on “Pathfinders” to identify opportunities for more affordable commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements, according to […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) did not request additional funding in its fiscal year 2017 budget request for any additional Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries in light of […]

A key NASA official on Feb. 3 defended not requiring Orbital ATK [OA] to perform a full flight test of its re-engined Antares launch vehicle before performing its first Cargo […]

NASA’s fiscal year 2017 budget request features a new start: a public-private partnership for a cis-lunar habitat and systems in preparation for human missions into deep space. NASA said in […]

The ground system is “by far” the most vulnerable portion of the Air Force’s space architecture and that concerns a key service official. Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force […]

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) plan to introduce bills repealing a provision in the fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill […]

Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] declined to protest after missing out on NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract awards, company spokeswomen said Jan. 26. Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), Space […]