Month: May 2011

Officials last week delayed the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft. Cumulus clouds in the area around Launch Complex […]

By Carlo Munoz Despite advances in gathering and distilling battlefield intelligence from a wide range of sources into solid pieces of actionable data, the need for a single, accessible field […]

By Marina Malenic The Defense Department remains the main procurer of professional services, accounting for nearly 60 percent of total federal dollars spent on such services, according to a new […]

By Marina Malenic The Air Force’s F-22 Raptor fleet has been grounded until “further notice,” according to U.S. Air Combat Command. “The stand-down is a prudent measure following recent reports […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense HASC Rockets. The FY ’12 defense authorization bill the HASC plans to mark up this week calls for the […]

By Ann Roosevelt More than 130 members of the House wrote to Army Secretary John McHugh May 6 calling for the “prudent” continuation of Abrams tank production to preserve the […]

The Navy’s newest long-range, anti-aircraft missile is ready to begin operational testing, as well as a small number of deployments aboard service warships by July, a senior industry official overseeing […]

The United States and Romania last week said they jointly selected the Deveselu Air Base near Caracal, Romania to host a U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) that employs the […]

Officials from Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center have announced the delivery of the second in the series of 12 GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral […]

President Barack Obama said he was “confident” that White House defense secretary nominee Leon Panetta would continue with efforts to trim the Pentagon’s bottom line, while ensuring that U.S. national […]