Mike Gruss

Editor-in-Chief, Sightline Media

Mike Gruss is a veteran defense reporter and Editor-in-Chief of Sightline Media Group, which includes Army Times, Air Force Times, Dense News, Military Times and Navy Times. From 2013 to 2016, Mike served as a Senior Staff Writer for SpaceNews covering national security space programs and military space policy in the U.S. Congress. Mike earned a bachelor's degree in English and American Studies from Miami University and has previously wrote for the Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Virginian-Pilot in Virginia before joining SpaceNews. Prior to joining Sightline in 2017, he was a senior editor of FedTech magazine covering technology in federal government. You can see Mike's latest project on Twitter.

Latest articles by Mike Gruss

United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Prepared for Stacking
Court Bars US Launch Provider from Buying Russian-built Rocket Engines

By Mike Gruss Published

Launches & Spacecraft
A close-up look at the landing legs on a private SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on April 14, 2014. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station, then attempt to retur
SpaceX Formally Protests US Air Force's Rocket Launch Block Buy Contracts

By Mike Gruss, Dan Leone Published

Launches & Spacecraft
Artist's Concept of DARPA's XS-1 Vehicle
US Military's XS-1 Space Plane Project Seeks $27 Million in 2015 Funding

By Mike Gruss Published

Technology
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket and SES-8 Lift Off
US Air Force Certifies SpaceX's Debut Launch of Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket

By Mike Gruss Published

Private Spaceflight
AEHF-3 Military Communications Satellite Blasts Off
US Air Force Launches Advanced Communications Satellite

By Mike Gruss Published

Satellites
This computer illustration depicts the density of space junk around Earth in low-Earth orbit.
US Military's 'Space Fence' Shutdown Will Weaken Orbital Surveillance Network

By Mike Gruss Published

Technology
Activity at North Korean Launch Center
US Military to Deploy Missile Defense Battery Amid Looming Budget Cuts

By Mike Gruss Published

The interceptor system will help defend Guam against a possible North Korean missile attack.

Technology
A ULA Atlas 5 rocket launches the U.S. military's SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite into orbit from Florida on March 19, 2013.
US Air Force Launches Advanced Missile Defense Satellite

By Mike Gruss Published

The new SBIRS GEO-2 satellite is the second next-generation missile defense satellite for the U.S. Air Force.

Satellites
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