Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin’s Lemmo Touts Quick Pace From Contract To Successful Guam Missile Defense Test
The pace at which Lockheed Martin [LMT] and an industry-government team went from contract award to a successful flight-test last December of a missile defense system based on Guam in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort
Rocket Lab [RKLB], one of the subcontractors to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] under a new $1.5 billion contract to continue to provide the Defense Department with affordable hypersonic […]
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InternationalRTX Nabs $946 Million Patriot Award For Romania
The Army awarded RTX [RTX] a $946 million modification on Dec. 23 to provide Patriot air and missile defense systems equipment to Romania. The Defense Department announced this covers unspecified […]
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Air ForceAir Force Over-the-Horizon Radars Facing Delays
Section 138 of the Fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act called for the Air Force to start buying up to six over-the-horizon radars–the first two to be in the United […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Awards First FY ’25 APFIT Funds To Transition Technologies Into Production
The Defense Department on Wednesday announced the award of at least $10 million each to five small businesses to transition their technologies into production for different Defense Department customers. The […]
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Missile DefenseArmy Conducts Another Successful Patriot-LTAMDS-IBCS Air And Missile Defense Test
The Army on Wednesday announced another set of intercept tests of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar combined with the Patriot Advanced Capacility-3 interceptors, integrated via the […]
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SpaceNext-Gen OPIR GEO Enters System Testing
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that its first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite has advanced to system level testing at the company’s plant […]
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Missile DefenseFinal Defense Authorization Bill Orders East Coast Missile Defense Site
The House and Senate conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a House provision requiring DoD establish a third missile defense interceptor site on the East […]
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SpaceL3Harris Announces Completion of PDR for Company’s Tranche 2, Tracking Layer Satellites
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Tuesday that it had finished Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to develop 18 satellites with infrared payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) […]
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Missile DefenseMDA, Lockheed Martin Successful In First Flight Test Of Guam Defense System
The first flight test of a missile defense system based on Guam scored a successful intercept of a ballistic missile, demonstrating the system’s ability to detect, track, and defeat a […]
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