Space & Missile Defense Report

If the United States does not provide funding to complete the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) design and development ( D&D) phase, Italy will hold it financially accountable, the […]

Iran has a “genuine and ambitious” space launch program that is not just a cover for ICBM development, according to a Dec. 6 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report obtained by […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has upgraded the software for the Army’s battle command system for air and missile defense, the company said recently. Northrop Grumman said it has released version 2.0 […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.  The first […]

BAE Systems recently said it has received initial $81 million contract funding from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to begin production of 143 infrared seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) subsidiary Cassidian has developed a new generation of transmit and receive radar modules the company says will give new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) […]

MBDA France on Dec. 1 acquired the ramjet integration and testing activities of Roxel France, after an agreement was signed between MBDA and Safran Group’s Herakles—equal joint shareholders of the […]

Space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) is an area “ripe” for a disaggregated architecture approach, according to a key Air Force general. “Currently we use National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and NASA […]

The White House should take the lead in forging a new national consensus on NASA’s future or else the agency will not be able to develop or achieve long-term priorities, […]