Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force is looking at potential warfighter use of international space-based position, navigation and timing (PNT) systems, the head of its space forces said Feb. 7. Air Force Space […]

The United States’ protected military communications satellites do not have the throughput to sustain the data requirements necessary for success in conventional operations, according to an expert on Asian strategic […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should review and update as appropriate its probable loss methodology for calculating commercial launch providers’ insurance requirements as it relates to third-party indemnification, the Government […]

Defense and security company Saab and the Kalyani Group, one of India’s leading high-technology multinationals, said Feb. 10 they have entered into a strategic alliance to partner and address key Indian Army air […]

The first of four of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers equipped with the Aegis ballistic missile defense system arrived in Spain on Feb. 11 as part of NATO’s plan for […]

The Defense Department’s trend of procuring commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) bandwidth through lowest price, technically acceptable (LPTA) contract evaluations stifles industry’s innovation to provide best value and supplies warfighters with […]

The Air Force is developing an archival and retrieval system so that declassified data collected by the service’s Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) may be provided to contractors and researchers […]

The Air Force dropped the Advanced Wideband Terminal (AWT) requirement from its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program and will proceed with Command Post Terminal (CPT)-only production, according […]

Investing in the right capabilities, maintaining connected forces and deepening and widening cooperation with partners will be required to shape a NATO alliance to meet future challenges, according to NATO […]