Missile Defense
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ArmyMissile Defense Agency To Seek Ideas For Airborne Laser Prototype
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to issue a broad agency announcement (BAA) “shortly” to solicit white papers on a new airborne laser prototype, according to […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense Chief Not Expecting Big Budget Boost
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) probably will have to live within its current financial means despite calls in some quarters for the agency to get more money, […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense Agency To Test New Sea-Based Defenses
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to conduct two key intercept tests of sea-based defenses later this year, the agency’s director said Aug. 17. In October, the […]
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Missile DefensePredator UAVs Detect, Track Ballistic Missile In Test
Two Predator B unmanned planes built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) detected and tracked a ballistic missile target during a test in the Pacific in late June, GA-ASI […]
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Missile DefenseHypersonic Glide Vehicles Challenge U.S. Defenses, STRATCOM Chief Says
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV) under development by potential adversaries will require the United States to devise new ways to detect and defend against such advanced threats, the head of […]
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Missile DefenseGMD Missile Defense System Needs More Oversight, Group Says
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a longtime critic of U.S. missile defense programs, recommends in a new report that the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system […]
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ArmyLockheed To Test Small Interceptor Against RAM Targets
Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to fire its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor at airborne targets in the coming months in hopes of persuading the U.S. Army to buy the lightweight weapon […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Faces Growing Budget Squeeze, Report Says
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is plagued by shrinking budgets and growing responsibilities that are increasingly hurting its ability to conduct the research and development needed to modernize the […]
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Missile DefenseEx-Military Leaders Oppose Downgrading Missile Defense Job
Eleven former U.S. military leaders are urging lawmakers to nix a provision in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that would repeal a requirement that […]
