Space

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 […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing [BA] Sept. 27 said they’ve formed a strategic partnership to pursue the potential $850 million competitive contract for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Objective Simulation […]

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $119 million contract to demonstrate its conceptual designs for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) intended to upgrade the Navy’s future capability […]

By Marina Malenic The Air Force successfully launched the first Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft last week from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the service said. SBSS is designed to detect, collect, […]

By Marina Malenic The U.S. space industrial base is endangered by unstable program funding, archaic export rules and an aging workforce, according to a new report released by an industry […]

The U.S. Department of Defense and the State of Israel Sept. 28 signed an agreement for the development of the David’s Sling Weapon System. This agreement continues efforts initiated under […]

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

By Marina Malenic The Air Force last month awarded Raytheon [RTN] $34.4 million to continue design work on the AGM-65E2/L laser-guided Maverick missile, the newest variant of the Maverick, company […]

Sea Viper, the Royal Navy’s groundbreaking new air defense missile, has been fired from a Type 45 Destroyer for the first time, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Oct 6. Sea […]

By Marina Malenic TUCSON, Ariz.–The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $175 million contract for development of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA, slated for deployment in 2018 […]