Space

Air Force Reserve helicopter, maintenance and life support personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing Airmen at Patrick AFB, Fla., along with their mission partners from their host wing, the 45th […]

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 in Cape Canaveral Nov. 21. “This second Delta […]

By B.C. Kessner After years of development by a tri-national industry team of air defense giants, the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is on the verge of pre-integration tests, […]

The Union of Concerned Scientists has identified steps the Obama administration should take to safeguard U.S. satellites and protect space. A report released Nov. 15, “Securing the Skies,” finds that […]

By Marina Malenic Four companies recently submitted bids for the Missile Defense Agency‘s next-generation Aegis ballistic missile interceptor, currently planned for fielding in 2020. Aegis provides early intercept capability against […]

By B.C. Kessner Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently delivered the first two intra-fire unit message routing subsystems essential to Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Internal Communications Subsystem (MICS) hardware components […]

Raytheon [RTN] recently said the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) successfully concluded its annual training exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. It provided operational support for JASDF’s Annual Service Practice […]

By B.C. Kessner Raytheon‘s [RTN] quantum cascade laser bid for the Army’s Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) competition offers the right blend of new technology, mature components, light weight, and production-ready […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers are pressing NASA to follow new human-spaceflight plans spelled out in a policy bill while the space agency’s budget-setting legislation is stalled in Congress. The Senate […]

Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] today announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in support of the Air Force’s Space Test Program-S26 (STP-S26) mission. “The third successful […]