Space
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SpaceNavy Needs Future Long Strike Missile, Admiral Says
The Navy should move quickly to determine its requirements for a future long strike weapon to replace the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) as the venerable system may not meet […]
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SpaceSRC To Develop OWL Radar System For Army
The Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate has awarded a $9 million, 32-month contract to SRC Inc., formerly Syracuse Research Corporation, for the development of an Omni-Directional Weapon Location (OWL) […]
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SpaceNATO Aims For Initial Missile Defense Capability By May Summit
Implementing the U.S. European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to protect European allies from ballistic missile attack is aiming at an initial capability by the spring, a State Department official said. […]
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Homeland Security
Outer Space Environment Causes MDA Flight Test Failure, Board Finds
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said an independent Failure Review Board has found it was a guidance fault caused by the outer space environment that caused the failure of Flight […]
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InternationalNATO Aims For Initial Missile Defense Capability By May Summit
Implementing the U.S. European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to protect European allies from ballistic missile attack is aiming at an initial capability by the spring, a State Department official said. […]
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SpaceTHAAD Missile Defense System Intercepts Targets In IOT&E Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army recently said they conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system yesterday, detecting, tracking and intercepting […]
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SpaceUnmanned K-MAX Helicopter Set For Afghan Deployment
The K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter will be deployed to Afghanistan next month following an evaluation that concluded the system performed well during testing last summer, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) […]
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SpaceNGA Exercises Option With GeoEye For Satellite Imagery
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has exercised a near one-year option with GeoEye [GEOY] to provide satellite imagery, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The arrangement […]
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SpaceArmy To Acquire More Sentinel Air Defense Radars
ThalesRaytheonSystems recently said the Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. “The Sentinel battlefield radar not only meets the needs of today’s soldier, but will grow […]
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SpaceIndustry Awaits RFP For 3DELRR
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.— The Air Force by the end of this year is expected to issue its final request for proposal (RFP) for its next generation long-range radar […]