Space & Missile Defense Report

The fiscal year 2016 spending bill that the full House Appropriations Committee (HAC) was expected to markup May 20 proposes a big cut to the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) while […]

The Air Force is open to negotiating a potential deal with United Launch Alliance (ULA) that would make the data and launch rights from its Atlas V rocket available to […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] is exploring using additive manufacturing to improve the injector and possibly the chamber of its RL-10 engine, according to a top executive. Aerojet Rocketdyne Vice President of […]

NASA has launched a competition to find a more affordable way to launch small satellites into space, freeing up funding for the science the spacecraft are designed to perform once […]

The Air Force Academy (USAFA) has introduced new majors like computing and network security and nuclear weapons and strategy to ensure that every graduate has an experience within aerospace and […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–A Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) executive believes the reusability of the company’s Dream Chaser cargo system space vehicle gives it an edge in NASA’s Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Dragon space capsule reached a top speed of 345 mph May 6 during its uncrewed pad abort test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., […]

NASA in late March awarded 12 contracts as part of its Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) to advance concept studies and technology development projects in the areas of […]

The Air Force is anticipating customer resistance toward its use of automated flight safety systems at its space launch ranges, according to a key official. “(Customers) have their system, they […]