Space

By Marina Malenic Next generation combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and long-range missiles will soon replace the United Kingdom’s fighter fleet, a top British military official said last week. “We […]

By Marina Malenic A chemical laser integrated into a Boeing [BA] 747 failed to shoot down a target missile for the second time in a row Thursday, the Missile Defense […]

By B.C. Kessner ATK [ATK] has received a $67-million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Navy for the production of AAR-47 Missile Warning System Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs). […]

The Air Force’s second geosynchronous (GEO-2) Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) satellite successfully completed the integration of its two equipment panels onto the spacecraft core module earlier this month at […]

Raytheon [RTN] said it has entered into an agreement with Aselsan of Ankara, Turkey for the codevelopment of a major end item for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has successfully identified and tracked a target using its Multi-Mission Signal Processor for the Navy’s Aegis system, the third test in a series of exercises that began […]

By Ann Roosevelt Missile defense was high on the agenda as NATO foreign and defense ministers meet in Brussels 14 Oct. Ahead of the meeting, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh […]

By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Oct. 12 announced their comprehensive partner team to compete for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) development and sustainment […]

The second test firing of the Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HARDBUT) Next Generation Multiple Warhead System (NGMWS) was carried out successfully at the French Biscarrosse test range of the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Even though President Barack Obama signed the NASA policy bill into law, contracts with industry for the soon-defunct Constellation program will continue because Congress has not yet passed […]