Missile Defense
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InternationalRomania Sees Ballistic Missile Proliferation Threat, Increasing NATO Cooperation
Romania takes its NATO missile defense commitments seriously due to a missile proliferation threat from outside the Europe-Atlantic region, the country’s ambassador said Wednesday. NATO allies live in an increasingly […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Wins $327 Million Initial Production Contract For AMDR
The U.S. Navy on May 1 awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $327 million fixed-price-incentive (firm target) contract modification option to produce the first three low-rate initial production (LRIP) AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Hires Hill Veteran To Handle Missile Defense Policy
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has appointed longtime Capitol Hill aide Robert “Rob” Soofer as deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, the Pentagon announced April 26. […]
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CongressPACOM Chief Says Hawaii Needs More Protection Against North Korean Missiles
The United States should put a missile-tracking radar in Hawaii and consider placing interceptor missiles there as well to better protect the island state against North Korean ballistic missiles, according to […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense Agency OK’s Next Design Phase For Long-Range Radar
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program completed its preliminary design review last month, clearing the way for the radar effort to enter its detailed […]
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Missile Defense
Missile Defense Agency Reviews Redesigned Kill Vehicle
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), which is redesigning the exo-atmospheric kill vehicle that sits atop its long-range interceptor missile, held a preliminary design review for the program in late […]
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InternationalTHAAD Might Become Operational In South Korea After May Election
The U.S. military continues to make progress fielding a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) battery in South Korea but might not declare it operational until after that country’s […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. Needs More Long-Range Interceptor Missiles, Senator Says
A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said April 7 that the United States should more than double its inventory of long-range, ground-based interceptors to defend against North Korea’s […]
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InternationalIndia Awards Israel’s IAI $2 Billion For Air And Missile Defense Systems
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said it has received $2 billion in contracts from India for air and missile defense systems, including a $1.6 billion award for an advanced medium-range surface-to-air […]
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Missile Defense
Navy’s New SPY-6 Radar Begins Tracking Ballistic Missiles
The U.S. Navy’s new SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) has begun tracking ballistic missile targets in tests, according to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and prime contractor Raytheon […]