Space & Missile Defense Report

By Marina Malenic The Air Force successfully launched the first Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft last week from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the service said. SBSS is designed to detect, collect, […]

By Marina Malenic The U.S. space industrial base is endangered by unstable program funding, archaic export rules and an aging workforce, according to a new report released by an industry […]

Boeing [BA] recently said that NASA has awarded the company a $1.24 billion extension over a five-year period to the International Space Station (ISS) contract for sustaining engineering. “Boeing’s knowledge […]

Boeing [BA] said it has successfully completed an industrial cooperation program associated with follow-on support of the Harpoon weapon system for the Royal Danish Navy. “This milestone was made possible […]

ITT [ITT] has demonstrated the capabilities of a fully integrated airborne Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) system during a recent simulated missile attack, the company reported. “This successful test shows our system […]

Raytheon‘s [RTN] SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) system successfully participated in a ballistic test vehicle (BTV) firing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. “We continue to partner […]

By Ann Roosevelt MEADS International has turned in the Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE) for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to the three partner nations–the United States, Germany […]

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 17 Sept. signed a production order contract with United Kingdom MOD regarding the Meteor missile. With the Meteor missile the JAS39 Gripen system […]

Boeing [BA] and its teammate Ball Aerospace Sept. 27 said they have acquired initial on-orbit signals from the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite following its launch at 9:41 […]