Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Gets GM Defense-Made PAC-3 MSE Components Under One Month From Order
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Sept. 17 announced it received the first mission-critical components for the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor from GM Defense under a month […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Starts Production On Tranche 3 Satellites, Expects All Deliveries By Early 2029
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is moving into production on the new Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 (AMDT3) missile warning/tracking sensor satellites and experts to deliver all 18 […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Chose To Not Be An SBI Prime, Instead Focusing As Propulsion Supplier
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – An L3Harris Technologies [LHX[ executive here Wednesday said the company elected to not be a prime on the Space Force’s Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) prize competition because […]
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Missile DefenseFischer Says Golden Dome Boosters Need To Increase Capitol Hill Support With Information, Warns Against Counting On Reconciliation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Senate Armed Services panel chair today said boosters of the Golden Dome program still have work to do to increase support on Capitol Hill while […]
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SpacePentagon Wants AI System to Understand and Predict Space Threats
The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for domestic and foreign company proposals for an artificial intelligence (AI) system to understand and predict space threats. “Today’s space […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Awards L3Harris $4.7 Billion PAC-3 MSE Propulsion Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] a $4.7 billion undefinitized contract award for the propulsion systems of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor, L3Harris said […]
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Pentagon
GD Signs Framework Deals With Pentagon To Boost PAC-3 MSE, THAAD Component Production
The Pentagon has signed a pair of framework agreements with General Dynamics [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) to boost production of major components for PAC-3 MSE and THAAD interceptors. The […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Looking To “Dramatically” Lower Costs Of Missile Defense Kill Vehicles
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Aug. 19 issued a solicitation seeking innovative proposals from industry to dramatically lower the cost of kill vehicles used to defend against ballistic and […]
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Missile DefenseGuetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’
While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]
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Missile DefenseInterview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus
Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]