Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseSweden Says It Will Buy Two Patriot Batteries
The Swedish government is empowering the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to procure and enter into an agreement with the U.S. to procure the Patriot air and missile defense system, […]
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Missile DefenseSTRATCOM Commander Dismisses Russian Suspicions of Japan Aegis Ashore Sites
OMAHA, Neb. — The head of U.S. Strategic command here dismissed Russian worries about two U.S.-designed missile defense systems headed to Japan as “political messaging,” insisting that the weapon is […]
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InternationalJapan Chooses Lockheed Martin For Aegis Ashore Radar
The Japanese Ministry of Defense said on Monday it selected Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) for the country’s two future Aegis Ashore missile defense […]
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BudgetFinal NDAA Keeps Space And Boost-Phase Missile Defenses
The final version of the FY 2019 defense authorization bill retained provisions directing the Missile Defense Agency to develop a space-based missile intercept layer, boost-phase missile defenses generally, and space-based […]
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Missile DefensePAC-3 MSE Makes New Intercept Record, Lockheed Martin Says
The newest Patriot missile type reached a new distance record during an intercept test on Thursday, missile builder Lockheed Martin [LMT] said in a statement. A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Nabs $467 Million MDA Contract For 33 More SM-3 IBs
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $467 million contract to produce, test, and deliver 44 Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB interceptors, the company said on Wednesday. The […]
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MDA Awards Three Vendors $4.1 Billion Multiple Award Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) earlier this month awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC], and Raytheon [RTN] a multiple award indefinitely delivery/indefinite quantity (MAIDIQ) contract worth up to $4.1 […]
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CongressSenate Panel, House Advance FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) and the full House passed their respective versions of the fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill June 28. The Senate panel approved its version by […]
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White House Objects To Missile Defense Provisions In Senate Defense Bill
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) objected to several missile defense-related provisions in the Senate’s draft FY ’19 defense authorization act in a statement Tuesday. The administration […]
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Missile DefenseMDA’s Greaves: Space-Based Interceptors Would Be A Big Change
The director of the Missile Defense Agency on Tuesday said adding space-based interceptors for missile defense “would require a significant change in national policy” and are expensive. He also noted […]