Aviation News
The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) land-based intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM) is expected to make its first flight in 2023, GBSD program manager Col. Jason Bartolomei disclosed on Jun. 14.
2nd Lt. William Collette, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “GBSD scheduled to make maiden flight in 2023”
A decision has been made by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to retire the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS).
Col. Andrew R. “Drew” Morgan received his astronaut device from Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, during a May 5 ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Continue reading “Doctor received U.S. Army’s rarest badge, the astronaut device”
French newspaper La Tribune reports that Egypt is preparing to buy a spy satellite and two MRTT tankers from France.
ERIC SALARD from PARIS, FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been granted approval by Space Florida to use the former Shuttle Landing Facility for its Dream Chaser spacecraft.
Ken Ulbrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Dream Chaser cleared to land at former Shuttle Landing Facility”