Space & Missile Defense Report

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is “likely” to award the Space Fence contract in the spring of 2013, its space commander recently. “We’ll likely award the contract in the spring […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is applying commercial satellite acquisition techniques to the way it procures military satellites, according to a Boeing [BA] satellite executive. “The Air Force has gotten […]

Raytheon [RTN] completed testing of its HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM) to its High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM), according to a company statement. The upgrades help HARMs be more precise and […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said its PAC-3 missile, for the 14th time, successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target in a test recently at White Sands […]

MBDA Germany recently said it has achieved a power of 40 kW using its high-energy laser demonstrator during a laser firing campaign. The laser power generated by patented beam coupling […]

GeoEye’s CEO said increased U.S. government demand for satellite earth imagery “kind of swamped” the company’s effort to diversify its business with more commercial and international income. “I think one […]

The Navy’s ballistic missile defense priorities are on intercepting an adversary’s ballistic missiles in the midcourse or terminal phase–exactly where the most recent assessment of missile defense programs recommends putting […]

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] follow-on testing of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on its far field range is scheduled to wrap up this month, according to a company program […]

The United States should concentrate on midcourse missile defense systems and “stop spending money on boost-phase defense systems of any kind,” said a new, congressionally mandated report released recently by […]