Space & Missile Defense Report

Lockheed Martin [LMT], which along with Raytheon [RTN] is gunning for the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar Space Fence contract, expects a contract to be awarded by the end of May, […]

The Navy and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency have for the first time deployed on a ship the block 1B version of the Standard Missile-3 for missile defense, prime contractor […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Navy is now likely to employ the Army’s Longbow Hellfire missile for the Littoral Combat Ship’s surface warfare mission module after determining it provides greater capability than […]

The French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) April 8 said it successfully carried out the second qualification firing of the naval cruise missile (MdCN or Missile de Croisière Naval) currently […]

The Air Force April 10 successfully launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-67 satellite around 1:48 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch took place on […]

A former high ranking Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) officer and a former NASA administrator are participating in the Defense Department’s study into the feasibility of producing the Russian-made RD-180 […]

The Defense Department is resisting proposed House legislation that would prohibit use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines in national security space launches, according to a letter obtained by sister […]

Eight senators recently asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to review the Air Force’s decision to reduce the number of competed Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) missions from 14 to seven […]

The Air Force doesn’t expect tracking radar issues on its East Coast space launch range to affect West Coast launches at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., despite the two ranges having similar […]