Space

The Navy’s overreliance on the Raytheon [RTN]-built SM-3 system as the backbone for its ballistic missile defense strategy in Europe could delay White House plans to have a viable BMD […]

Boeing‘s [BA] Network and Space Systems business is working to keep its “tools sharp” to be competitive as opportunities come up in a volatile marketplace, the sector president said. “It’s […]

The Air Force secretary said he hopes the government’s new unified approach to buying the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) will help both taxpayers and United Launch Alliance (ULA). The […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–NASA’s indecision regarding the future of U.S. space flight could soon have ramifications for employment at many of the nation’s big aerospace firms, the head of a […]

The head of a House panel is expressing concern about levels of funding for ground-based interceptors (GBIs) that are part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system for national missile […]

The Air Force has transferred Satellite Control Authority of the SBSS Block 10 satellite to the 1st Space Operations Squadron, 50th Operations Group at Schriever AFB, Colo., officials said recently. […]

The next generation Global Position System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed its first major flight software integration milestone at prime contractor Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] software integration laboratory in […]

There is still no resolution of what caused a Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) interceptor to fail to hit its ballistic missile target over the Pacific in December, though officials from […]

A new Air Force purchasing strategy that aims to save money through higher-quantity satellite buys is seen by some critics as counterproductive. The new Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Strategy, or […]

A classified military payload for the National Reconnaissance Office was launched recently from Cape Canaveral at Space Launch Complex-37 in Florida. A Delta IV rocket blasted off at 6:38 p.m. […]