Space & Missile Defense Report

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will tackle the Russian rocket engine restrictions in the upcoming authorization season after they were lifted in the fiscal year 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act. […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] and United Launch Alliance (ULA) brass will meet in February to gauge Aerojet Rocketdyne’s progress on its AR1 engine that the company is marketing as a drop […]

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va.—Orbital ATK [OA] won’t test fly its re-engined Antares launch vehicle before its return to flight under NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) program. Orbital ATK Vice […]

The Air Force on Jan. 8 released a request for proposals (RFP) on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) for the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) space vehicles 11 and beyond Phase 1 Production Readiness […]

Space Florida is touting its manufacturing capacity to attract new business as federal budgets tighten and political diversity through “ship-and-shoot” falls out of fashion. Space Florida President and CEO Frank […]

A day after a successful Standard Missile-3 Block IIA flight test, the Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon [RTN] $543 million contract for up to 17 missiles for operational testing and […]

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va.—Orbital ATK [OA] has set the May-June timeframe for its Antares return to flight, roughly 19 to 20 months after Antares failed upon launch here at […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) vowed to continue into the next authorization season his fight against future Air Force use of the RD-180 after the fiscal […]

The Air Force doubled the tempo of the long-running Schriever Wargame from biennial, or every other year, to annual, according to a key official. Schriever Wargame 2015, set in the […]

The head of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) expects contract awards for the service’s new rocket propulsion system in the next two months and “possibly sooner.” Air Force Gen. John […]