Space & Missile Defense Report

The State Department approved a possible $1.5 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Japan for DDG 7 and 8 Aegis Combat System (ACS), Underwater Weapon System (UWS), Cooperative Engagement […]

Raytheon [RTN] is contemplating expanding its Redstone Arsenal facility in Huntsville, Ala., to accommodate the Navy’s request for nearly doubling the company’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) production rate, according to a […]

The Missile Defense Agency the week of July 27 successfully conducted a series of four flight test events exercising the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the nation’s Ballistic […]

The Air Force’s insight into space launch contractor performance could decline as it pursues competition in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, according to a recent Government Accountability Office […]

NASA is about six months from preliminary design review (PDR) for its Mars 2020 rover, according to a key NASA official. NASA Director of Mars Exploration Program Jim Watzin told […]

Orbital ATK [OA] is focusing on early December for its return to the International Space Station (ISS) after NASA contemplated moving the launch to October due to an uncertain cargo […]

NASA the week of Aug. 3 awarded Russia a contract modification for additional rides to the International Space Station (ISS) while the Senate passed a Commercial Space Launch bill that […]

The Air Force and its contractors on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellation are performing so well the service wants to launch the fourth space vehicle early, according […]

The State Department approved a possible $5.4 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) request to Saudi Arabia for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and associated equipment, parts and logistical support. The […]