Space & Missile Defense Report

Raytheon [RTN] and its German industry partner, RAMSYS, recently said they completed missile upgrades and integration testing as part of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 program. The partnership […]

NASA announced recently its intended design for a heavy-lift rocket that will to carry astronauts to Mars, appeasing lawmakers irked by a delay in the plan’s unveiling. The new rocket, […]

Boeing [BA] recently announced it received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the Air Force adding funding to the existing Block II follow-on contract for full production, launch and on-orbit […]

The United States and Romania announced that they recently signed a government-to-government agreement on the deployment of the Ballistic Missile Defense System in Romania. This agreement calls for the establishment […]

MEADS International recently said the Medium Extended Air Defense System’s (MEADS) Integrated Launcher Electronics System (ILES) recently executed a simulated missile launch, moving the program closer to its initial flight […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes) recently said it was awarded an extension contract by the Department of Defense (DoD) for its current study of commercial communications satellite (COCOMSAT) systems capabilities. […]

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of United Technologies [UTX] recently announced that it has successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on the certified RS-68A engine, the world’s most powerful hydrogen-fueled […]

The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Munitions Directorate and Lockheed Martin [LMT] signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to assess the cooled seeker for integration onto Air […]

Honeywell [HON] recently announced that it has won a five-year, $450 million contract with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to provide Ground Systems and Mission Operations (GSMO) services for […]