Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Wins $257 Million Mod To Build 24 SM-3 IIAs
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a modification to increase an undefinitized contract action by $267 million to build 24 more Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. This modification, […]
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Missile DefenseFour Companies Win Prototype Hypersonic Tracking Contracts
Four companies won $20 million contracts last week each to develop prototype payload designs for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. Northrop Grumman [NOC], Leidos [LDOS], L3Harris […]
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CongressSASC Member Presses STRATCOM Head Nominee on RKV Cancellation
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants more answers as to why the Defense Department canceled the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) from the likely next leader of U.S. Strategic Command, and […]
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ArmyRaytheon Selected For Army’s LTAMDS Program To Deliver New Patriot Radar
The Army has selected Raytheon [RTN] to deliver the next-generation Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor to replace the Patriot defense system’s current radar, the company said on Thursday. […]
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PentagonPentagon To Deploy Additional Troops And Patriot, THAAD Defense Systems To Saudi Arabia
The Pentagon on Friday approved the deployment of additional troops and air and missile defense capabilities to Saudi Arabia, after receiving a request to bolster defense to deter further Iranian […]
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Missile DefenseMDA: New Missile Field Without RKV Helpful, Working On GBI Maintenance Plans
The Pentagon’s chief missile defense official said despite the cancellation of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) delaying new missile defense interceptors a new missile field for interceptors will help maintenance […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Nabs Another $500 Million For X-Band Radar R&D
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $500 modification on Sept. 23 to continue research and development work on the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Wins $1 Billion Missile Defense Target Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC) a $1.1 billion contract on Friday to provide missile defense targets. Under the contract, OSC will specifically […]
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Missile DefenseCAPE To Finish Interceptor Analysis Within Two Weeks, Next Draft RFP Due October
A top Pentagon official on Tuesday said the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office will conclude its sufficiency review of the DoD’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) Analysis of Alternatives […]
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Air ForceBoeing Claims Northrop Rejected Potential Partnership on GBSD Program
After several weeks of speculation that the two developers for the Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system could work together on a path forward, the companies appear to be […]