Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseMDA’s 2025 Budget Requests $500 Million Less Than Previous Year
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) fiscal year 2025 budget request is for $10.4 billion, $500 million less than the $10.9 billion requested in FY ‘24. For the first time in […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. And Japan To Finalize Hypersonic Defense Co-Development Agreement
The U.S. and Japanese governments are getting close to finalizing an agreement to jointly develop and build a hypersonic missile defense interceptor, a military official said. Director of the Missile […]
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Missile DefenseIn First, MDA Directed Not To Brief On FY25 Budget; Prefers Extra Funds On Higher Interceptor Numbers
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) confirmed on Thursday that he was directed from above to not participate in the annual budget briefings planned for March 11, a […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Four Contracts For Ground Station C2 Architecture
The U.S. Space Systems Command recently awarded prototype contracts to BAE Systems, General Dynamics [GD], Omni Federal, and Parsons [PSN] to develop and integrate prototype ground systems for command and […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Passes Another NGI Milestone On The Way To Critical Design Review
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Wednesday it successfully passed another Missile Defense Agency (MDA) acquisition milestone in the Next Generation Interceptor competition as it barrels towards Critical Design Review (CDR) in […]
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SpaceMDA, SDA Satellites On Orbit
The Defense Department late Wednesday said that six demonstration satellites launched earlier that evening for the Missile Defense (MDA) and Space Development (SDA) Agencies successfully reached orbit and have begun […]
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Missile DefenseMDA And Navy Test Aegis Weapons System Against ‘Complex’ MRBM Target
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy completed “one of the most complicated” missile defense discrimination and intercept missions so far against a ballistic missile target with countermeasures, the Defense […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Passes NGI Preliminary Review, Sees Critical Review By Spring 2025
This week Northrop Grumman revealed its bid for the next homeland missile defense interceptor recently completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and expects to pass the Critical Design Review (CDR) […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman And Mitsubishi Team For Japanese IAMD Networking
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on creating a networking solution for Japan’s ground-based integrated air and missile defense systems, the companies said […]
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Missile DefenseNATO Awards RTX-MBDA Venture $5.6 Billion For 1,000 European Patriot Missiles
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on Wednesday awarded COMLOG a $5.6 billion contract for up to 1,000 Patriot GEM-T missiles as part of the European Sky Shield Initiative […]
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