Space & Missile Defense Report

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on March 12 unveiled its offering for NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services (CRS-2) program, which could be worth as much as $14 billion. The technologies behind the […]

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden warned a Senate panel March 12 that commercial crew contractors Boeing [BA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) could miss their 2017 launch readiness deadlines if […]

NASA and Orbital ATK [OA] conducted the first qualification ground test of a five-segmented rocket motor planned to be used for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the company said on […]

The Air Force is developing plans to compete additional Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites, starting with space vehicle 11, and hopes to have a request for proposals out around […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched a Falcon 9 mission containing the EUTELSAT 115 West B and ABS-3A communications satellites March 1. The launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force […]

Rocket Lab on March 2 said it has completed a new round of financing with its existing investors and Bessemer Venture Partners and will receive a strategic investment from Lockheed […]

Raytheon [RTN] upgraded the computer processor of the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense (BMD) radar, which the company said would enable the system to perform better during raids and more quickly […]

The U.S. government approved Raytheon [RTN] to export a Gallium Nitrade (GaN)-based Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Patriot sensor to Patriot System partner nations, the company said on Feb. 19. […]

Contractors submitted proposals by the Feb. 16 deadline for NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services effort (CRS-2), which could feature multiple awards worth up to a combined $14 billion. Lockheed Martin […]