Missile Defense
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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 […]
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Missile DefenseMilitary Space Officials Continue Discussions on Missile Defense Architecture
U.S. Space Command and officials at the Pentagon are examining what resilience a missile defense architecture needs to have and what DoD can afford, as officials assemble the Program Objective […]
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Air ForceNORTHCOM Nominee ‘Optimistic’ on Acceleration of Next Generation Interceptor
Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen VanHerck, the nominee to head U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 28 that he shares […]
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Missile DefenseGAO: MDA Needs Independent Assessment For Flight Test Plan Development
An annual audit of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recommended it use an independent assessment of the process for developing and executing the annual missile defense system flight test plan […]
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Missile DefenseGAO Warns MDA Faces Big Technical Challenges For Hypersonic Defense
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report underscored the technical challenges the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will have in developing counter-hypersonic weapon defenses and sensors, noting DoD personnel have raised […]
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SpaceGen. Raymond Discusses U.S. Space Force Efforts to Reduce Duplication
U.S. Space Force’s function as the go-to organization for military space and the Space Force’s partnerships with other nations have led and will lead to a significant reduction in the […]
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Missile Defense
GAO Finds MDA Had Numerous Warnings About RKV Issues, Costs Tripled
According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) was warned numerous times about problems with the now-canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program as costs […]