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Sequestration is putting missile defense–both homeland and regional defense–in jeopardy, and could lead to future overmatch, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told the House Armed Services Committee […]

If sequestration returns in fiscal year 2016, it would impact new programs vital to protecting the nation, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director told the Senate Appropriations defense panel March […]

A key lawmaker vowed to maintain a United States heavy launch capability to avoid a gap between the retirement of United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Delta IV rocket and the potential […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) “most definitely” responded to NASA’s second Cargo Resupply Services program (CRS-2), company President and CEO Gwynne Shotwell said March 17. According to a request for […]

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) vowed March 16 to find funding for the Air Force’s commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) “Pathfinder 2” program, which he said was not funded in the service’s […]

Raytheon [RTN] March 26 said it signed its second Letter of Intent with MESKO, Poland’s leading missile and ammunition manufacturer. The areas of cooperation will focus on Raytheon’s solutions for […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] to provide infrared missile protection countermeasures on its fleet of CH-14F Chinooks, the company said March 25. The company is to […]

RUAG Defense will provide ballistic protection kits to upgrade the Pandur I armored personnel carrier fleets of Belgium and Austria under a joint procurement effort. Pandur is a General Dynamics […]

France’s Airbus Group on March 23 said its Airbus Defence and Space division has agreed to sell its Rostock System Technik (RST) aerospace engineering unit to Germany’s Ferchau Engineering GmbH, […]

The State Department approved a possible $1.05 billion Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to the Netherlands the week of March 16 for 17 CH-47F cargo helicopters and associated equipment, parts, […]