Missile Defense

An Israeli official this week confirmed the new Arrow-4 missile defense interceptor being developed by Israel and the U.S. aims to be more affordable to allow a higher volume of […]

President Biden on Thursday nominated the program executive officer (PEO) of Ground-Based Weapons Systems to be the next director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Collins has served in this […]

The latest annual Government Accountability Office (GAP) review on missile defense acquisition progress showed more details about the new defensive plans for Guam including the specific command and control systems […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said this week that it recently finished a preliminary design review (PDR) for the U.S. Space Force’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar (NGP) […]

The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tenn., wants additive manufacturing to aid the building of parts for DoD hypersonic test facilities, including Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] […]

Israel’s David’s Sling air and missile defense system successfully intercepted a rocket for the first time outside a test, according to recent Israeli media reports. On May 10 the Times […]

The Missile Defense Agency is starting to consider what concepts and capabilities it might need around 2045 in a new request for information (RFI). MDA issued an RFI on May […]

The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said several current missile defense systems likely have a capability to defend against hypersonic threats and plans to procure hundreds […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] additional firm-fixed-price modifications to extend their work refining concepts for hypersonic missile defense, called the […]

The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said he supports developing an East Coast Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) site, but it would take time and could affect the amount […]