Missile Defense
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InternationalJapan Intercepts Target Missile In First Aegis SM-3 IB Test
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer successfully conducted its first Aegis missile defense intercept test with the Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IB off the coast of Hawaii on […]
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Missile DefenseState Dept. Approves $105 Million Netherlands Patriot Recap
The State Department on Wednesday approved a possible $105 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of recapitalization on four Netherlands Patriot Fire Units. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress […]
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Missile DefenseOfficials: MDR Hopefully Out Within Weeks
A top Defense Department official said on Tuesday that he hoped the long-delayed Missile Defense Review (MDR) will be released within weeks. Speaking at a Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance event […]
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Missile DefenseGA Nabs $134 Million MDA Contract For New MQ-9 Sensor
The Missile Defense Agency on Monday awarded General Atomics (GA) Electromagnetic Systems a $134 million contract to finish the development, integration, and flight test of an advanced sensor on MQ-9 […]
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ArmyIBCS Completes Fourth Army Test
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) demonstrated an ability to scale up across long distances during a successful five-week long U.S. Army test, […]
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Missile DefenseSweden Officially Buying Patriot Missile Defenses
Swedish officials on Friday formally announced they agreed to buy the Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army in a signed Letter of Offer and […]
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SpaceGreaves Outlines Missile Defense Space Sensor Layer
Huntsville, Ala. — The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week broadly outlined how he sees a future missile defense space sensor layer could work on the heels […]
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Missile DefensePentagon Officials: Starting Space-Based Interceptor Work And Space Sensors Necessary For Hypersonic Threat
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Top Pentagon officials said here on Wednesday at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium that the Missile Defense Agency and Defense Department overall are working toward space-based […]
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Missile Defense
Sweden 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 […]