Space & Missile Defense Report

The head of a House panel is expressing concern about levels of funding for ground-based interceptors (GBIs) that are part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system for national missile […]

There is still no resolution of what caused a Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) interceptor to fail to hit its ballistic missile target over the Pacific in December, though officials from […]

A new Air Force purchasing strategy that aims to save money through higher-quantity satellite buys is seen by some critics as counterproductive. The new Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Strategy, or […]

A classified military payload for the National Reconnaissance Office was launched recently from Cape Canaveral at Space Launch Complex-37 in Florida. A Delta IV rocket blasted off at 6:38 p.m. […]

NASA is touting what it says is a key test leading to the development of future heavy-lift launch vehicles: a structural strength test of a 20-foot-tall aluminum-lithium test cylinder, which […]

An RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean last month as part of a campaign to study atmospheric rivers, prime contractor Northrop Grumman […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said last week its Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) satellite achieved a major milestone last week: tracking a test missile all the way from launch to […]

Amid a projected slowing in related government spending, the primary trade group for the aerospace and defense industries recently reached the largest membership in its 92-year history. The growth of […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace last week said they have agreed to develop a liquid oxygen (LOX), liquid hydrogen (LH) engine that would be built using low cost […]