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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requests $7.459 billion in Fiscal Year 2015 to develop and deploy the systems that constitute the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The BMDS is being […]

The Pentagon wants to pour more money into training and maintenance for combat readiness and to continue three major Air Force acquisition programs, paying for these multibillion-dollar spending boosts by […]

Sequestration would have a “dangerous” effect on the U.S. Strategic Command and its ability to defend the country, STRATCOM Commander Adm. Cecil Haney and members of the Senate Armed Services […]

The Air Force on Feb. 21 declassified a space situational awareness (SSA) system known as the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness (GEO SSA) system. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. […]

The Air Force on Feb. 20 successfully launched its fifth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite at 8:59 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.  The launch took […]

The Navy and contractor Raytheon [RTN] recently conducted a flight of a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile to test new communications, the company said on Feb. 27. The testing of the Block IV […]

The head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) is touting its rapidly growing satellite portfolio as it faces its biennial reauthorization later this year. Ex-Im Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg touted […]

The Pentagon unveiled a strategy last week aimed in part at reducing the amount of space the military requires on the government-reserved electromagnetic spectrum to help meet the Obama administration’s […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Visible Assets co-developed an electronic tagging and tracking solution that can accurately track munitions and other assets in harsh or sensitive environments. The solution, called RuBee, […]

Defense officials from the United States and United Kingdom committed to improve science and technology collaboration, develop joint programs of research and strengthen engagement with industry and academia. In the […]