Space & Missile Defense Report

EADS Astrium has selected Arianespace to launch the fourth satellite in the Skynet 5 constellation. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace chairman and CEO, on 20 May announced the launch contract signing […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senior administration officials tried to convince skeptical Republican senators yesterday that U.S. missile-defense plans would not be impeded by the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) […]

Pranalytica, Inc. May 18 announced the introduction of the two-watt, fully packaged, continuous wave, room temperature quantum cascade laser (QCL) system, Model 1101-40, emitting at a wavelength of 4.0 microns, […]

By Emelie Rutherford A House panel approved Pentagon budget legislation May 12 that calls for boosting the White House’s request for missile-defense programs by hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]

By Marina Malenic The first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite, which is expected to initiate a new safety-of-life civil signal and upgrade existing service to both civil and military […]

By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are concerned about completing the buy of High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), after incumbant BAE Systems lost a competitive rebuy of the Family of Tactical […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it will move its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to Northern Virginia in the summer of 2011. “Our final decision was driven largely by facility […]

Orbital Sciences [ORB] recently announced its successful launch of the first Minotaur IV rocket in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) program. The […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered a communications system module for the second satellite in the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, the company said yesterday. Supporting ultra-high frequency (UHF) […]

By Emelie Rutherford As Congress held the first hearing recently on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia, supporters emphasized the pact would […]