Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseSecond New SM-3 Interceptor Test Fails
A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last Wednesday. The Wednesday test, called Standard […]
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Missile DefenseHouse Panel Calls For New Space-Based Sensors To Aid Missile Defense
A key congressional panel is pushing the Department of Defense to begin developing a new fleet of space-based sensors to improve the ability of warfighters to track hostile ballistic missiles. […]
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CongressHouse Panel Calls For New Space-Based Sensors To Aid Missile Defense
A key congressional panel is pushing the Department of Defense to begin developing a new fleet of space-based sensors to improve the ability of warfighters to track hostile ballistic missiles. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Asks Industry For Long Endurance UAS For Missile Defense
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is interested in industry’s capability to provide a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft for missile defense laser uses by the 2023 timeframe, […]
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InternationalSouth Korea THAAD Deployment Delayed For Environmental Assessment
The South Korean defense ministry will begin a full environmental impact assessment of the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, delaying the deployment […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Plans Nine New Kill Vehicle Interceptors, Explains Focus and Budget Request
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told Congress on Wednesday the agency plans to begin deliveries this year of nine new Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) including the newly tested […]
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Missile Defense
Missile Defense Head Explains Test Success, Relation To Realistic Threat
Missile Defense Agency director Vice Adm. Jim Syring said on Wednesday that the Tuesday test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System was realistic and replicated a real threat the […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Successfully Conducts First Test of GBI Against ICBM-Style Target
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted its first test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-like target, the agency said on Tuesday. […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense Agency Awards Boeing $1 Billion Modification For RKV Development
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing [BA] a $1 billion undefinitized modification to a contract procuring Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) development, the Defense Department announced Monday. The RKV is intended […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Announces Successful Testing Period For New Missile Defense Radar
Defense contractor Raytheon [RTN] announced on Tuesday that their latest integrated air and missile defense radar with 360-degree capability has put in 1,000 hours of operation in the last year, […]