Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] nearly $405 million in space systems contracts, kick-starting work on additional Global Positioning System (GPS) III and Space-Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) satellites. […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. [BLL] recently said it has acquired a prime contract from OGSystems, LLC, which supports the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Terms of the asset purchase were […]

  Boeing [BA] will wrap up production of its three remaining Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites by the end of 2013, according to a company spokeswoman. Boeing is under […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it recently successfully demonstrated satellite control of its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS™) at Camp Grayling, Mich., from more than 200 miles away.  The SMSS […]

MBDA recently said it has signed the first contract with an export customer for the acquisition of its naval air defense system SIMBAD-RC, one year after launching its self-financed development. […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) successfully detected and tracked tactical ballistic missile (TBM) surrogates for the first time during recent tests, a […]

Defense Ministers from Germany and Italy sent a strongly worded letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressing their “grave concerns” about U.S. withdrawal from the tri-national Medium Extended Air […]

The Army continues to move ahead fielding its largest unmanned aerial system (UAS), the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and refining its doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and training, officials said. […]

Large military satellite manufacturers impede meaningful change to the way the Defense Department purchases commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) bandwidth from commercial satellite operators, according to the executive of a commercial […]