Missile Defense
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Missile Defense2020 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 […]
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Missile DefenseJapan Cleared For $2 Billion Buy Of Two Aegis Ashore Weapons Systems
The U.S. State Department approved a $2.15 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) for Japan to buy two Aegis Weapon Systems (AWSs) for Japan’s upcoming Aegis Ashore sites and related equipment. […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Officials: F-35 First Missile Defense Option
Defense Department officials on Wednesday said their examination of the F-35 aircraft for missile defense uses is just the first of several options and that hypersonic defenses will not be […]
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InternationalIsrael And U.S. Complete Test Intercept Of Arrow-3 Missile Defense System
Israel successfully conducted a test of the Arrow-3 ballistic missile defense system on Jan. 22, the U.S. and Israel said on Tuesday. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) worked with […]
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Missile DefenseSpace-Based Sensor Layer for Missile Defense to be Included in FY ’20 Budget Request
The most immediate effect of President Trump’s just-released missile defense review is the call for a space-based sensor layer to protect against possible missile attacks, for which funding will be […]