Space & Missile Defense Report

By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification valued at approximately $1.4 billion for production of the Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. […]

By B.C. Kessner The executive director of Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile System Center (SMC) said the vagaries of very ambitious satellite and terminal programs caused end dates […]

By Marina Malenic A test of a defensive system designed to intercept long-range missiles failed this week, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said last week. The test of the Ground-Based […]

Raytheon [RTN] and Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], partnering with the Army and Navy, said they proved the maneuverability, integration and performance of the Mobile Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System (MLPWS) during a […]

Raytheon [RTN] last week said it was awarded a $43 million contract modification by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to continue developing the common X-Band capability software and modeling and […]

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites recently showed the ability of the space-based sensors to maximize defended areas through earlier tracking of missiles, thus […]

By B.C. Kessner Raytheon [RTN] last week said its Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) successfully completed a second ballistic test vehicle firing, this time from a new […]

ATK [ATK] last week said it was awarded a $4.5-million contract from the Air Force for the limited production phase of the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modification (HCSM) […]

NASA has awarded Pratt & Whitney [UTX] Rocketdyne a contract worth about $622,000 to conduct systems analysis and trade studies for heavy-lift launch vehicle system concepts, propulsion technologies and affordability, […]