Space & Missile Defense Report

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) expects to reach “preliminary conclusions” on its Cargo Resupply Services-7 (CRS-7) launch failure by the end of the week of July 6, company founder Elon […]

The Air Force on July 2 awarded Orbital ATK [OA] a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for Operationally Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5) launch services, according to a Defense Department statement. The company […]

Air Force officials and industry executives pleaded with a House Armed Services subcommittee June 26 to extend the 2019 deadline for finding a replacement to the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved an additional $25 million in fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) mission on the […]

There is no deadline for the Defense Department to enact the national security waiver that would allow it to use additional RD-180s in the future, according to a top Air […]

Ball Aerospace [BLL] recently performed a key milestone by powering on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) satellite for the first time, according to a company statement. JPSS-1 is the […]

NASA is aiming to move up Orbital ATK’s [OA] next Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission from December to October if the manifest allows, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations […]

The Navy is gearing up for the August launch of the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite manufactured by Lockheed Martin [LMT], an event that will expand the constellation’s […]

The Defense Department may have its most leverage to purchase additional Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines since Congress banned future use of engine, following the June 28 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. […]