The MDA says the Spacebased Kill Assessment sensors are slated to launch starting in the fourth quarter 2016 and continue in 2017, which parallels the Falcon 9 launch schedule for the Iridium Next ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s first commercially hosted payload is now expected to launch in mid-2017, nine months later than the date officials used when they discussed the program in March ...

Lockheed Martin has delivered the third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads contracted by the U.S. Air Force as part of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS). […] ...

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) requested USD292.8 million to integrate its Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) system, meant to report on the success or failure of ...

These four satellites will eventually replace the existing Space-Based Infrared System. The two GEO spacecraft are expected to cost $9.5 billion, and the polar satellites have a total cost ...

Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) at the University of Colorado will utilize the simulated payload from the next Delta III launch to […] ...

L3Harris claims to be at the heart of advanced, space-based missile defense and life-saving weather capabilities. The Fort Wayne Payload Integration Facility is expected to be the most advanced ...