Missile Defense
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAuriga Space Introduces Hypersonic Materials Testing; Notches First Customer
Auriga Space, a startup developing testing capabilities to support hypersonic weapons development, on Wednesday launched what it says is the first commercial capability to support weather effects testing for hypersonic […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Nabs $35 Billion THAAD Contract For Framework Agreement
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Wednesday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $35.5 billion, seven-year undefinitized procurement contract for production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors, the next […]
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SpaceYork Delivers Second Production Lot Of Tranche 1 Transport Satellites For SDA
Just ahead of a planned launch this summer, York Space Systems [YSS] on Friday morning said it has shipped the second plane of 21 satellites it built for the Space […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Targets Next Year For On-Orbit SBI “Capability”
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to have space-based interceptors for Golden Dome on orbit, at least at the demonstration level, by next year–a year earlier than the White House’s goal, the […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Opens NGI Production Facility
Lockheed Martin [LMT] in a ceremony today officially opened a new 88,000-square foot production facility dedicated to producing the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in […]
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Missile DefenseStratolaunch Announces Hypersonic Flight Test With Missile Defense Agency
Stratolaunch on Thursday said that it successfully conducted a hypersonic flight test in March for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), launching its liquid engine-powered Talon-A3 reusable flight vehicle from a […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Head Pushes Back on CBO Estimate; Sen. Sheehy Agrees On Trillion Dollar Scale
The head of the Golden Dome program on May 14 strongly disagreed with a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate that a system along the lines of President Donald Trump’s […]
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SpaceSpace Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 future years defense plan includes $783 million to upgrade eight ground-based radars in collaboration with the Missile Defense Agency, including nearly $129 million in fiscal […]
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Missile DefenseCBO Estimates Golden Dome With Boost-Phase Space Interceptors At $1.2 Trillion
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates a potential national missile defense system, along the lines of the Golden Dome’s initially stated objectives, would cost about $1.2 trillion FY 2026 dollars […]
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SpaceAnduril Outlines Team For Space-Based Interceptors Program
Anduril Industries on Tuesday named its teammates that are helping it prototype technologies for the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program that is part of the Golden Dome homeland missile defense initiative. […]
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