Missile Defense
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Awards First FY ’25 APFIT Funds To Transition Technologies Into Production
The Defense Department on Wednesday announced the award of at least $10 million each to five small businesses to transition their technologies into production for different Defense Department customers. The […]
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Missile DefenseArmy Conducts Another Successful Patriot-LTAMDS-IBCS Air And Missile Defense Test
The Army on Wednesday announced another set of intercept tests of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar combined with the Patriot Advanced Capacility-3 interceptors, integrated via the […]
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SpaceNext-Gen OPIR GEO Enters System Testing
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that its first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite has advanced to system level testing at the company’s plant […]
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Missile DefenseFinal Defense Authorization Bill Orders East Coast Missile Defense Site
The House and Senate conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a House provision requiring DoD establish a third missile defense interceptor site on the East […]
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SpaceL3Harris Announces Completion of PDR for Company’s Tranche 2, Tracking Layer Satellites
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Tuesday that it had finished Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to develop 18 satellites with infrared payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
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Missile DefenseMDA, Lockheed Martin Successful In First Flight Test Of Guam Defense System
The first flight test of a missile defense system based on Guam scored a successful intercept of a ballistic missile, demonstrating the system’s ability to detect, track, and defeat a […]
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ArmyLeidos Nabs $4.1 Billion Production Contract For Indirect Fire Capability
The Army earlier this month awarded Leidos [LDOS] a potential $4.1 billion contract to begin low-rate initial production–and possibly full-rate production–of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Inc 2. Leidos […]
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Missile DefenseAustralia and Canada Commit To Research Missile Defense Together
The Canadian and Australian defense ministers on Friday announced a new agreement to collaborate on missile defense research focused on emerging threats. This effort specifically focuses on defense of newer […]
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Navy/USMCINDOPACOM Commander Admits Allied Transfers Eating Into Weapon Stocks
Transferring high end missiles and munitions to Israel and Ukraine amid their respective conflicts is depleting some of the weapons needed for potential hostilities with China, Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Awards Northrop Grumman $541 Million In Hypersonic Missile Defense Work After Downselect
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $541 million in five, single year firm-fixed-price contract options as part of it winning the competition to develop and […]
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