The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $60 million in two contracts for Aegis ballistic missile defense contract modifications. A Sept. 1 modification valued at $8 million provides for scope supporting Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD), including additional Aegis BMD modeling and ...
Missile Defense
Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, the site of the second Aegis Ashore missile defense system, was officially commissioned on Sept. 3. This ceremony marked the turnover of the base’s newly finished support facilities from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the entity in charge of ...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $912 million modification to a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) contract. The award specifically covers THAAD element development and support services, raising the ceiling value of the contract from $2.335 billion to $3.247 ...
The newest variant of the Patriot missile misfired during the Army’s latest flight test of its future missile defense command platform, with another interceptor ultimately used to take down a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target. Col. Phil Rottenborn, project manager for PEO Missiles and Space, ...
The Army on Thursday completed a second successful Limited User Test demonstration of its future missile defense command platform, developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC], taking down a tactical ballistic missile and cruise missile surrogate targets. Officials told reporters the pair of successful ...
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) poured cold water on the idea of easy boost-phase ballistic missile intercept due to both the difficulties in technical feasibility and how it gets close to being a strike operation. Speaking during a Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday, MDA ...
