The sixth Lockheed Martin-built Space-Based Infrared System geosynchronous Earth orbit satellite, SBIRS GEO-6, that took off aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket on Thursday, Aug. 4, from Cape Canaveral Space Force
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the Space Force provide congressional defense committees with more transparent data about cost and schedule risks facing the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR)
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The U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance have finished encapsulation of the service branch's next missile detection and early warning satellite into a launch vehicle fairing platform and integrated
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The fourth missile warning satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Air Force has reached operational acceptance designation from Space Command. The service said Thursday that the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous
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The Government Accountability Office evaluated four software-intensive space programs of the Department of Defense and found the initiatives are struggling to involve end users in software development efforts. The reviewed programs are
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The Defense Department Inspector General recently reported that the U.S. Air Force Space Command did not fully implement the DoD’s supply chain risk management policy for the Space Based Infrared System. The
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Richard Matlock, program executive for advanced technology at the Missile Defense Agency, has said the U.S. needs to shift from a ground-based missile defense system to a space-based architecture to help address evolving
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The U.S. Air Force has cleared the launch of a third Lockheed Martin-developed missile warning satellite that was originally slated to lift off in October, Space News reported Tuesday. Phillip Swarts writes the
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The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Pacific Command and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense have conducted a ground test of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. MDA said Monday
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A Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman-built missile detection satellite has entered its operational trial period after the U.S. Air Force concluded post-launch evaluations five months ahead of schedule, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday.
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