Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force is requesting information from industry about the possibility of a domestically-produced next-generation rocket engine for national security space launches, according to a notice posted on Federal Business […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) received a shipment Aug. 20 of two RD-180 first stage boosters from Russian manufacturer NPO Energomash, according to a company spokeswoman. ULA spokeswoman Jessica Rye said […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] said it successfully completed recently its third Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS) in the last 10 months. The company’s […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will take one to two weeks to review “all potential failure modes and contingencies,” chief designer and CEO Elon Musk said, following the company’s most […]

As of late Aug. 26, nothing has been decided about whether the validity of a bid by Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be extended for Turkey’s potential multi-billion […]

Launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully lifted satellite imager DigitalGlobe’s [DGI] WorldView-3 spacecraft Aug. 13 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Liftoff took place at 2:29 p.m. EDT. Launch took place […]

A space launch consultant believes new United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno’s Silicon Valley experience and entrepreneurial approach could save the company as it leaves an era of a […]

The Navy successfully tested its Standard Missile-6 Aug. 14 at White Sands Missile Range in one of 10 planned follow-on operational test and evaluation (FOT&E) events. During flight test “Juliet,” […]

United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], Aug. 12 said  it was replacing chief executive Michael Gass “effective immediately” and named Tory Bruno as […]