Space & Missile Defense Report

Defense and security company Saab March 3 said it signed an approximately $12.4 million contract for deliveries of the RBS 70Very Short Range Air Defense system (VSHORAD) to the Brazilian Army. The […]

Sequestration would have a “dangerous” effect on the U.S. Strategic Command and its ability to defend the country, STRATCOM Commander Adm. Cecil Haney and members of the Senate Armed Services […]

The Air Force on Feb. 21 declassified a space situational awareness (SSA) system known as the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness (GEO SSA) system. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. […]

The Air Force on Feb. 20 successfully launched its fifth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite at 8:59 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.  The launch took […]

The Navy and contractor Raytheon [RTN] recently conducted a flight of a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile to test new communications, the company said on Feb. 27. The testing of the Block IV […]

The head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) is touting its rapidly growing satellite portfolio as it faces its biennial reauthorization later this year. Ex-Im Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg touted […]

The Pentagon unveiled a strategy last week aimed in part at reducing the amount of space the military requires on the government-reserved electromagnetic spectrum to help meet the Obama administration’s […]

The Air Force is pursuing alternative industry sources to provide the navigation payload for its next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite constellation in case prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]