Space & Missile Defense Report

Lockheed Martin [LMT] will continue tracking space debris as part of an Air Force situational awareness contract aimed at protecting satellites and other assets in orbit such as the International Space […]

The Air Force in December issued two contracts worth a combined $78 million for demonstrations of a Medium Class Stage III ICBM motor with technologies applicable to multiple future common […]

Raytheon [RTN’s] Patriot Air and Missile Defense System test fired nine Patriot missiles at McGregor Range, N.M., during its annual Field Surveillance Program (FSP), successfully engaging inbound and outbound unmanned air […]

The fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill awaiting final passage in Congress would require the Defense Department to develop a strategy for multi-year procurement of commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) services […]

The Marine Corps has finished the operational assessment of its Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar and is moving toward a Milestone C decision in the next couple months to send the product […]

The Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) said on Dec. 6 four Army nanosatellites were launched into orbit from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on an Atlas 5 rocket. The launch […]

Boeing [BA] on Dec. 9 appointed four executives to new positions, effective immediately, in its space and intelligence systems business, according to a company statement.  Jim Simpson replaces the retiring Steve […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on Dec. 3 successfully launched the SES-8 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at […]

Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) decommissioned the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) Dec. 6, according to a service statement. The CHIRP sensor, designed and built by Leidos [LDOS] (formerly […]