Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseMDA Says GPI To Deliver Four Years Faster After Previous Delays
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director this week told lawmakers that following the receipt of reconciliation funding, they are pushing to get the first counter-hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) delivered […]
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Missile DefenseRTX Signs $3.7 Billion Contract With Ukraine For Patriot GEM-T Interceptors
RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business on Tuesday announced it signed a $3.7 billion contract to supply Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) airborne threat interceptors to Ukraine as a […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Says $4.8 Billion Army PAC-3 MSE Award Will Accelerate Production
A day after the Army on April 9 awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.76 billion contract to produce an unspecified number of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles, […]
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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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Pentagon, 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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