Missile Defense
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Navy/USMCSM-3 IIA Missile Defense Test In Hawaii Reportedly Fails, Defense Tester Report Finds Lower Confidence
This story was updated with a Defense Department confirmation of the test failure. A Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy test intercept of a Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile(SM)-3 Block IIA […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Conducts Another MHTK Test
Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed a successful controlled flight test of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. on Jan. 26, the company said Tuesday. This was […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Wins $459 Million Contract For More THAAD Interceptors
This article has been updated to reflect industry comments. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $459 million modification on Friday to produce additional Lot 10 Terminal […]
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ArmyOfficials: Hypervelocity Weapon Transitioning To Services This Year; New Army Missile Defense Strategy To Be Finished This Summer
The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) expects to start transitioning the hypervelocity gun weapon system (HGWS) to the services over the next year, an official said last Thursday. Vincent […]
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BudgetTrump Signs Fourth CR For FY 2018 Into Law
President Trump signed into law late Jan. 22 a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Feb. 8 and ends a three-day federal shutdown. Earlier that evening, the Senate […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Will Not Take Over GMD Integration From Boeing
The U.S. government notified industry last week it will not assume the prime integrator role for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system after concluding doing so now would add “an […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Wins $600 Million Missile Defense Test Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to a maximum of $642 million to conduct ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) test activities for radar […]
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BudgetNew CR Includes Billions For Missile Defense, Ship Repairs
The House of Representatives passed a new continuing resolution (CR) late Dec. 21 that would keep the federal government open until Jan. 19 and provide billions of dollars in emergency […]
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ArmyArmy Missile Defense Brain Passes Complex Test Of Threat-Tracking Capability
The Army’s open architecture missile defense brain recently demonstrated its ability to track and defend against an array of aerial threats during the most complex test of the system to […]
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Navy/USMCIsrael Declares Naval Iron Dome Operational
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) declared a naval component of the Iron Dome rocket and artillery shell defense system operational on Tuesday following final successful tests. The Israeli Navy and […]