Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseMDA Investigating Low-Cost Interceptor Concepts, Envisions Two-Year Sprints
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week published a notice that it was conducting market research to find innovative missile defense system technologies, architectures, and concepts to help develop low-cost […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. To Deploy THAAD To Israel To Increase Air Air And Missile Defense Amid Iran Conflict
The Defense Department on Sunday said President Biden directed the deployment of one Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and associated U.S. military crew to Israel to […]
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SpacePDR for FOO Fighter Done, Millennium Says
Boeing‘s [BA] Millennium Space Systems in El Segundo, Calif., said on Monday that it has finished preliminary design review (PDR) of the company’s low Earth orbit Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris To Provide Propulsion For Northrop GPI
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] recently said it will provide hypersonic missile defense prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] with two solid rocket motors to the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). Last week, the […]
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MDA Chooses Northrop Grumman For Hypersonic Defender Over RTX
The Missile Defense Agency on Wednesday selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] over RTX [RTX] to continue developing the counter-hypersonic missile defense program, the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI). MDA said this means […]
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ArmyArmy, Leidos Successfully Intercept Air Targets With Enduring Shield
A mobile, ground-based air defense system being developed by Leidos [LDOS] successfully intercepted targets in live testing with the Army, the company said on Tuesday. The Enduring Shield launchers fired […]
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SpaceSDA Marks Further Progress With Space-Based Optical Communications
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) continues to advance the communications capabilities of its first batch of satellites on orbit as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), […]
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SpaceCongressional Appropriators Cut Epoch 1 Missile Warning/Missile Tracking to Account for Termination of RTX Contract
House and Senate appropriators are advising cutting the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Missile Warning/Missile Tracking Epoch 1 program for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)–also known as Missile Track […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Seeks Industry Information On SBX Radar Software Development
The Missile Defense Agency published a notice Wednesday seeking market research on industry interested in meeting follow-on requirements for the Sea-Based X-Band Radar software development and system engineering. SBX is […]
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SDA Demonstrates Space-Based Link 16 Connection With Navy Aircraft; Sees Several Month Delay In Tranche 1 Launches
The Space Development Agency (SDA), as part of a demonstration of its fledgling capability to transmit messages from spacecraft using an encrypted tactical data link, recently showed that connectivity could […]