Missile Defense
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ArmyLockheed Delivers Record-Breaking 60 kW Laser To Army For Air-Defense Testing
The Army is set to receive a powerful laser weapon from Lockheed Martin [LMT] capable of shooting enemy weapons from drones to missiles out of the sky at the fraction […]
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Missile DefenseNavy To Start Receiving New Standard Missile-3 Interceptor Variant By Late 2018
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to begin delivering the new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor to the U.S. Navy by the end of calendar year 2018, a […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Receives Two Missile Defense Technology Contracts
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] two contracts totaling $103 million for technology risk reduction work, the Pentagon announced March 9. One contract, valued at […]
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Missile DefenseTHAAD Missile Defense System Begins Arriving in South Korea
The U.S. military has begun deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) battery to South Korea to protect against North Korean ballistic missiles. The “first elements” of the […]
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Business/FinancialAerojet Rocketdyne To Acquire L3 Business Unit That Builds Target Missiles
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Coleman Aerospace from L3 Technologies [LLL] for $15 million in cash, in a deal that will add the design […]
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PentagonRaytheon Wins MDA Contract For A Wargame Scenario Assessment System
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a contract to develop an automated tool to assess the effectiveness of using missiles, kinetic interceptors, cyber and electronic warfare (non-kinetic) […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense Agency Conducting Study On Countering Advanced Threats
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is leading a new study on how American forces could improve their defenses against hypersonic glide vehicles and other advanced threats. MDA recently released a […]
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Missile DefenseNORTHCOM Official Hopes Canada Joins U.S. Missile Defense
A United States Northern Command official (USNORTHCOM) says he is optimistic Canada will decide to participate in the American ballistic missile defense system for North America. “We’re hopeful because I […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense May Need More Eyes In Space, NORTHCOM Official Says
The United States should consider fielding more space-based sensors to improve its ability to track ballistic missiles that threaten the homeland, a U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) official said Feb. 7. […]
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Missile DefenseNew Standard Missile-3 Variant Completes First Target Intercept
The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, a new, longer-range variant of the SM-3 interceptor, has achieved its first shoot-down of a ballistic missile target, according to the United States Missile […]