Missile Defense
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ArmyArmy Official: Beam Control Improvements ‘Next Frontier’ for Directed Energy Efforts
The Army’s directed energy offices have made strides to develop laser systems with successful beam control capabilities, but the science and technology community could use more help from industry to […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Defines $4.1 Billion Of Boeing GMD Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Boeing [BA] a $4.1 billion modification Friday, partially definitizing a $6.56 billion January 2018 contract as prime integrator for Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) development […]
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InternationalIsrael And MDA Conduct David’s Sling Intercept Tests
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) successfully conducted a series of intercept tests of the David’s Sling missile defense system on March 18. This set […]
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Missile DefenseState Department Approves $240m AMRAAM Sale to Australia
The State Department approved the sale of up to 108 Raytheon [RTN] AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated sale price of $240.5 million. […]
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Missile Defense
2020 MDA Budget Request Delays RKV By Two Years, Delaying New GBIs
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY 2020 budget request documents released Tuesday said the agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program will be delayed by two years, which will in turn […]
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Navy/USMCKratos And Corvid Win $223 Million Award For Navy Sub-Orbital Flight Vehicles
The Navy awarded Corvid Technologies LLC a $223 million contract on March 4 to deliver sub-orbital flight vehicles over a five-year ordering period, which covers missile defense test targets. This […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Wins First $946 Million In Saudi THAAD Sale
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $946 million undefinitized contract action for the first part of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) sale to Saudi […]
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InternationalEuropean Command Deploys THAAD To Israel
The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) has deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Israel to conduct exercises, a first for the system. EUCOM said on Monday this […]
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Missile DefenseGD and Raytheon Win $502 Million Contract To Operate Pacific Missile Defense Test Site
A joint venture by General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology (GDIT) and Raytheon [RTN], Range Generation Next (RGNext), won a $502 million award to operate the Army’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. Navy Performs Final SPY-6 AMDR Developmental Flight Test
The Navy successfully tracked a ballistic missile target on Jan. 31 using the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) in Kauai, Hawaii, the final developmental flight test in the […]