Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseMDA Rolls Out Interceptor Schedule, Lessons Learned From RKV Failure
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) laid out the schedule for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) and lessons learned from the failure of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) in the Defense […]
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PentagonPentagon Working On Iraq’s Permission To Deploy Patriot Defense System To The Region
Senior Pentagon officials on Thursday said the department is working to receive the Iraqi government’s permission before deploying a Patriot missile defense system to the region. Defense Secretary Mark Esper […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Awarded Air Force Contract to Provide Ground System for Missile Warning Architecture
Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $197 million five-year contract to help the Air Force collect and disseminate data from multiple sensors for its missile warning architecture, the company said […]
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BudgetHyten Urges More R&D Funds, Fewer Studies for Space-Based Sensor Layers
The Defense Department should invest more research-and-development funds toward efforts to eventually field a space-based early warning sensor layer in lower orbits, the U.S. military’s number-two general said Jan. 17. […]
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InternationalU.S. Early Warning System Helped Protect Troops from Iran Strike on Iraqi Bases
U.S. forces were able to seek protection before a series of ballistic missiles struck two Iraqi bases Jan. 7 thanks to an American early warning system, President Trump said Wednesday. […]
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Air Force
Appropriators Boost Air Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program
The Air Force would receive an extra $75 million for a program set to build its future early warning missile detection satellites under the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill […]
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ArmyArmy Completes Successful Final Development Test With IBCS Ahead Of Operational Evaluations In 2020
The Army on Thursday completed a successful final developmental test with its future missile defense command platform, taking down two cruise missile surrogates, as the program moves toward operational testing […]
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Air ForceAir Force, DoD Test Prototype Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
The Air Force conducted a flight test of a new ground-launched ballistic missile Dec. 12 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the Pentagon said Thursday. The test of the prototype […]
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Missile DefensePAC-3 CRIs Conduct Two Successful Missile Intercepts
Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully conducted two tactical ballistic missile interception tests with the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors, the company said Thursday. The company, which builds […]
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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, […]