Space & Missile Defense Report

The Air Force Friday issued its long-awaited final request for proposals (RFP) for its next-generation space debris radar tracking system, according to a recent posting on Federal Business Opportunities. The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla.–The Air Force successfully launched its third GPS IIF communications satellite recently. On a minimally cloudy, bright and muggy morning here, the Boeing-[BA] developed SVN-65 satellite headed […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System’s (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload. "The […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] began launch vehicle operations at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s (MARS) liquid-fuel launch complex at Wallops Island, Va., according to a company statement. The Virginia Commercial Space Flight […]

ATK [ATK] and NASA made progress in manufacturing the first ground test motor while ATK created cost-saving process upgrades for developing the solid rocket booster for the space agency’s Space […]

NASA awarded ATK [ATK], Dynetics and Northrop Grumman [NOC] contracts totaling $137.3 million to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS), […]

The Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a $1.2 billion cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Delta IV and Atlas V launch capability, according to a recent Defense Department statement. […]

The Navy has awarded ATK [ATK] a $71 million contract for the full-rate production of a new air-to-ground  missile designed to better defeat enemy countermeasures than the legacy systems. ATK […]

TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have teamed to offer a protected communication satellite terminal in both stationary and mobile variants. The Low Cost Terminal (LCT) […]