Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force has withheld nearly $26 million from Lockheed Martin [LMT] since May 2011 over delays of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite due to issues with […]

NASA released Sept. 25 a request for proposals (RFP) for its next round of contracts for private sector companies to deliver experiments and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). […]

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) on Sept. 26 protested NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) award to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Boeing [BA] with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), sister […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne on Sept. 30 said its planned proposal for the Air Force’s next-generation rocket program that will provide an alternative to a Russian rocket will be flight qualified in […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne said Sept. 30 it signed a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA), an attempt to continue its relationship with the launch provider in the face of competition. Aerojet […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Oct. 2 said it has appointed former House Appropriations Committee staffer Tom McLemore to a legislative affairs position in support of cyber security, C4I and space […]

NASA said Aug. 27 the initial flight of its Space Launch System (SLS) heavy lift, exploration class rocket would be pushed back until no later than November 2018, 11 months […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Electro Optic Systems (EOS) are teaming to develop a new space object tracking site in western Australia that Lockheed Martin said will paint a more detailed […]

The Defense Department Aug. 25 said “an anomaly,” led to the flight test termination of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Flight Test 2 Hypersonic Technology Test (AHW FT2 HTT) at the […]