Space & Missile Defense Report

The House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces markup of its portion of the FY ’19 defense authorization bill focused on SM-3 IB multiyear procurement, requiring the director of the […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $145 million modification on May 3 to produce additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and associated equipment. This […]

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) formally became NASA’s 13th administrator April 23, four days after his controversial nomination narrowly cleared the Senate. During a swearing-in ceremony at NASA headquarters in […]

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would create a “one-stop shop” in the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce to authorize private-sector space activity, including exploration […]

More than 20 teams have indicated they might participate in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Launch Challenge, a competition designed to promote rapid access to space for the […]

The Trump administration’s new push to return humans to the Moon will not come at the expense of efforts to send American astronauts to Mars, according to NASA’s new leader. […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army jointly successfully tested a missile defense tracking exercise the week of April 1 to demonstrate the interoperability between the Terminal High Altitude Area […]

The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told Congress the week of April 8 that he sees F-35 aircraft helping aid missile defense activities in the six to seven-year […]