Missile Defense
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Air ForceDepartment Of Air Force Requests $457 Million More For Counterspace Systems Procurement
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes more than $459 million for counterspace systems, a more than $457 million increase from the amount appropriated by Congress last year. The […]
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Navy/USMCPentagon More Than Doubles Funding For Missile Defense Interceptors In 2027 Request
The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request is seeking billions of dollars more to procure missile defense interceptors, according to documents published Friday. The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) procurement budget […]
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PentagonPentagon, Boeing Announce Seven-Year Framework To Triple PAC-3 Seeker Production
The Pentagon and Boeing [BA] announced Wednesday they have agreed on a new framework to triple production of seekers for Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 interceptors over the next seven years. […]
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SpaceSpaceX Awarded Task Order For SDA-4 Mission
SpaceX has received a more than $178 million task order from U.S. Space Force’s Systems Command (SSC) for two National Security Space Launch Phase 3, Lane 1 launches from Cape […]
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Air ForceStrikes On AWACS And KC-135s At Prince Sultan Put Spotlight On Base Defense
Last July at the inaugural LANDEURO conference in Wiesebaden, Germany, Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, now the commander of Ukraine’s unmanned forces, told the audience that he had recently visited a NATO […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. And Japan Conduct First SPY-7 ASEV Live Tracking Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Friday announced it and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) successfully conducted the first live target tracking exercise with the SPY-7 radar the Japanese […]
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Missile DefenseArmy Plans To Take Over THAAD Program In 2027
A top Army acquisition official this week said the Army is planning to assume control over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system by next year. While […]
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InternationalState Department Okays $17 Billion In FMS Deals For Middle East Partners
Amid ongoing U.S. and Israeli operations against Iran, the U.S. State Department on Thursday approved nearly $17 billion in potential arms deals with Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Awards $8.41 Billion Ceiling Increase For RTX’s SM-3 Contract
The Missile Defense Agency on Wednesday awarded an $8.41 billion ceiling increase to RTX [RTX] for Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block missile variants. The deal increases RTX’s current contract to build […]
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Missile DefenseGuetlein Names Golden Dome C2 Primes, Adds $10 Billion To Total Cost
The director of the Golden Dome program Tuesday named the three prime contractors working on the Golden Dome command and control (C2) “glue layer” and revealed the program’s expected total […]
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