The most immediate effect of President Trump’s just-released missile defense review is the call for a space-based sensor layer to protect against possible missile attacks, for which funding will be included in the fiscal year 2020 budget request, officials said Jan. 17. In a speech Thursday at ...

President Donald Trump plans to unveil the Defense Department’s missile defense review Jan. 17 at the Pentagon after months of delays, a senior White House official said Jan. 16. This will be the first missile defense review issued since 2010, and reflects the “more complex, more threatening ...

Boeing [BA] on Wednesday said its HorizonX venture arm has invested in Isotropic Systems, a startup that is developing satellite user terminals for low-cost broadband connectivity. London-based Isotropic said HorizonX led a $14 million Series A funding round that includes WML, Space Angels and ...

United Launch Alliance on Tuesday announced it had rescheduled a Delta IV Heavy launch carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office for Jan. 19. The launch, dubbed NROL-71, was previously scheduled to launch in December from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, but was ...

The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a follow-on contract for the GPS Control Segment sustainment program to help the service further modernize its ground control systems as new GPS III satellites come online, the company said Jan. 10. The GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) ...

The partial government shutdown affecting about a quarter of U.S. government agencies is over two weeks old, and industry advocates are beginning to sound the alarm on its potential effects for aerospace programs. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) issued a statement Tuesday calling for ...