Missile Defense
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ArmyArmy Successful In ‘Most Complex’ Test Yet For Future Missile Defense Command System
The Army on Thursday successfully took down two cruise missile surrogates using its future missile defense command platform, the first of two demonstrations during Limited User Testing to inform a […]
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Missile DefenseBoeing Delivers NGI Proposal To MDA
Boeing [BA] submitted its next Generation Interceptor (NGI) offer to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Wednesday, the company said. Boeing previously served as the prime contractor on the canceled […]
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Missile DefenseHyten Details Outlook For Major Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons Modernization Programs
The vice chairman of the joint chiefs said Wednesday he remains an advocate for a space-based sensor layer to bolser capabilities and reduce costs for missile defense as well pushing […]
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Missile DefenseLRDR Fielding Delayed A Year Due To COVID-19
A new Alaska-based missile defense radar has been delayed for about a year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Government Accountability Office report and the […]
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ArmyArmy Now Holding Limited User Test For IBCS
An Army official confirmed the service’s future missile defense command platform is currently undergoing a second Limited User Test (LUT) ahead of planned fielding in 2022. The Integrated Air and […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense Of Hawaii Test Readying, To Occur By End Of The Year
A delayed Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test using the Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA is now set and planned to occur before the end of the […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Pauses Hypersonic Defense Design To Split Focus
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) paused its hypersonic missile defense prototype effort until later this year to split its focus into near-term options and a longer term more “elegant” solution, […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Chief Sees Poland Aegis Ashore Progress, But Affected By Pandemic
The commander of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said the Pentagon is finally getting close to completing military construction on the Poland Aegis Ashore site, expecting to have it ready […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Enters NGI Competition
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Monday it has put in a bid to compete for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) missile defense program and is working to avoid the pitfalls of […]
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ArmyRaytheon, Israel’s Rafael To Open U.S. Iron Dome Production Facility
Raytheon [RTN] and Israel’s Rafael have signed a new joint venture to produce the Iron Dome missile defense system in the U.S., the two companies said Monday. A decision on […]