Missile Defense
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CongressNominee To Lead DoD Mission Capabilities Wants More Experimentation Events
More experimentation to find and fix system problems early would boost the Defense Department’s goal of speeding the delivery of new capabilities to military forces in the field, the nominee […]
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WeaponsAvio Plans More Than $400 Million Spend, Much of It on U.S. SRM Production
Shareholders in Italy’s Avio SpA have approved the company’s $465 million 10-year investment plan targeted at building solid rocket motors (SRMs) for DoD missiles and munitions. “The core of Avio’s […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman And LIG Nex1 To Collaborate On Korean Air And Missile Defense, May Integrate IBCS
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and South Korean aerospace and arms manufacturer LIG Nex1 signed a memorandum of Understanding this week to collaborate on air and missile defense capabilities for South Korea. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyApex Planning On-Orbit Demonstration Of Commercially Developed Space Based Interceptor Next June
Satellite bus designer and manufacturer Apex next summer plans to demonstrate commercially-developed space-based interceptor (SBI) technology to reduce risk for a key component of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome homeland […]
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ArmyRTX Expanding Production Facility For LTAMDS Radar
RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon division this week announced it recently broke ground on a new 23,ooo square-foot expansion of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) production facility in […]
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ArmyGlass “Half Full” To Revive Canceled Next-Gen Patriot Interceptor, Army Official Says
An Army official this week said it looks like the Army will move forward on some aspects of the previously canceled Lower-Tier Future Interceptor (LTFI) program it had been pursuing […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Extends Golden Dome SHIELD Solicitation Due To Heavy Interest
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on October 2 extended the submission period for responses for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Starts Land-Based Testing Of Japan’s Aegis Ship SPY-7 Radar
Lockheed Martin [LMT] started initial light off ground-based testing for the Japan-bound Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)’s shipset 1 SPY-7 radar system on schedule, the company announced Tuesday. The testing […]
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Missile DefenseKratos Says It Completed PDR in April for SDA’s Advanced Fire Control Ground Integration Program
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. [KTOS] said on Monday that it finished the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Advanced Fire Control Ground Integration (AFCGI) […]
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Air ForceUSAF Considers Upgrades for Cobra King Missile Defense Radar
The U.S. Air Force is mulling upgrades to the Cobra King X-band and S-band radar for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25) by Bollinger Shipyards. […]