Missile Defense
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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 DefenseNavy’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 […]
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ArmyMarine Corps Takes Delivery Of First Powerful New Northrop-Built Ground Based Radar
LINTHICUM, Md. – From atop a hill here overlooking the Baltimore-Washington International Airport the Marine Corps’ new expeditionary radar can detect air traffic from New York to Norfolk, Va., from […]
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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) […]