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Missile Defense
MDA Director Provides Updates On Aegis Ashore Poland, Lessons Learned
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week provided an update on the long-delayed Poland Aegis Ashore site and said the Pentagon learned from delays caused by adding […]
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MDA Head Updates Status Of SKA And Use For Hawaii Radar
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week gave an update on the Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) project and explained the utility of a potential new Hawaiian radar, […]
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MDA Finishing Guam Defense Architecture Options, May Be Hybrid Capabilities
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is finishing the architecture options for a new Guam-based missile defense system, which may include a hybrid mix of current capabilities. Speaking during a Center […]
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Hill Talks MDA Budget Decisions, Unfunded List, And Missile Movements
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Tuesday explained his perspective on how the agency decided its priorities in the fiscal year 2022 budget request and unfunded priorities […]
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Parsons Wins Nearly $3 Billion In MDA Contract Work
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Parsons [PSN] two contracts on June 16 worth nearly $3 billion total in various support services. One contract awarded to Parsons’ Government Services division, […]
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Officials Outline Cruise Missile And Guam Defense Progress, Value Of More Hypersonic Defense Funds
This week Defense Department officials told a Congressional panel how it is moving forward on cruise missile defense of the homeland, plans for increasing missile defense of Guam and the […]
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MDA Unfunded List Leads With More SM-3 IIA Rounds, THAAD Interceptors
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) submitted a $367.5 million unfunded priorities list with the fiscal year 2022 budget request this month, topped with extra missile defense interceptors and more hypersonic […]
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Biden Administration Launching “Imminent” New Missile Defense Review
The Defense Department is preparing to start a new round of examining missile defense policies and capabilities, a department official told a Senate panel Wednesday evening. “We are planning to […]
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MDA FY 2022 Budget Request Slightly Lower Than Current Year
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY 2022 budget request is set at $8.9 billion, slightly under the $9.2 billion request from the current year. In budget documents, the Defense Department […]
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Army
Army Assessing How To Reduce Demand On Patriot Batteries
A lead Army missile defense official said last Friday the service is assessing how to bring down the operational tempo and global demand for its Patriot air defense batteries by […]