Space & Missile Defense Report

Orbital Sciences Corporation [ORB] today announced that it successfully launched a Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in support of the Air Force’s Space Test Program-S26 (STP-S26) mission. “The third successful […]

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37. Cape Canaveral, Fla. at 5:58 p.m. EST Nov. […]

By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] have submitted proposals for the next phase of Space Fence, a next-generation tracking radar that will monitor objects in space, executives […]

The Navy has awarded Raytheon [RTN] $240 million for production and delivery of critical components of the Aegis weapons system for the Arleigh Burke-class of destroyers, the company said last […]

By B.C. Kessner The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $5 million Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) contract to integrate within nine months the company’s Quiet Eyes Laser Turret Assembly […]

By Marina Malenic An extended-range variant of the stealthy Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed two successful test flights at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., raising JASSM-ER’s record to […]

NASA recently selected Alliant Techsystems [ATK], Miltec Corp., Northrop Grumman [NOC], PnP Innovations Inc., and Sierra Nevada Corp. to help develop multi-mission modular space vehicles. This is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, […]

By Marina Malenic Prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] and its partner Boeing [BA] completed flight testing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile’s (JAGM) fixed-wing launcher and instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) on the […]

By Marina Malenic A Japanese warship outfitted with the U.S.-manufactured Aegis ballistic defense system recently tracked and destroyed a target missile off the coast of Hawaii, the two governments said. […]

By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency has begun flight tests of a missile tracking sensor aboard an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, officials from sensor manufacturer Raytheon [RTN] said recently. The […]