Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseNew PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say
Defense Department and Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials confirmed specific measures around cash flows and accounting for inflation are key to a new framework agreement that aims to more than triple […]
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Missile DefenseDoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production
The Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday announced a new seven year-long framework agreement aimed at pushing annual production of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment […]
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Unmanned SystemsJIATF-401 Chief Says U.S. Counter-Drone Framework Should Tie Into Golden Dome
A future integrated network of counter-drone capabilities designed to protect U.S. military installations and critical infrastructure should also work as part of the larger envisioned Golden Dome homeland missile defense […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Says It Now Has Made 2,100 Awards Under SHIELD
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on Thursday that it has made another 1,086 awards under the up to $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract to […]
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Navy/USMCKelly Says SHIPS Act Moving Forward, Skeptical Of Golden Dome SBIs
A key backer of the SHIPS for America Act (S. 1541) this week argued it is not bogged down in committee any longer and also expressed strong skepticism of spending […]
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Missile DefenseSpace Force Seeks Prototype Proposals For Space Based Kinetic Midcourse Interceptors
The Space Force on Sunday evening as expected posted the Request for Prototype Proposal for Space Based Interceptors (SBI) to take out ballistic missiles in the midcourse phase of flight. […]
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SpaceMuon Space Nabs SBIR Award To Mature Imaging Payload For Missile Warning And Tracking
Muon Space has received a $1.9 research and prototyping contract from the Space Force’s innovation arm to develop a variant of its Quickbeam multispectral electro-optical and infrared imaging payload to […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Chief Confirms Some Operational Capability By 2028; Culture Bigger Barrier Than Technical Challenges
The head of the Golden Dome initiative last weekend confirmed that while they still plan to deliver an “operational capability” to defend against advanced threats by 2028, cultural challenges are […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Awards First SHIELD Golden Dome Contract Vehicle To Over 1,000 Offerors
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) included over 1,000 winning offerors able to compete under the first in a series of awards for the multiple award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered […]
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Missile DefenseSpace Force Prepares Golden Dome Solicitation For Midcourse Interceptors
The U.S. Space Force is to release a Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) for what experts have said is the most feasible version of space-based missile defense–midcourse kinetic intercept. Space […]
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