Missile Defense
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Gives Go Ahead to Raytheon and Boeing Payload Designs for MEO Missile Tracking Competition
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has conducted two critical design reviews for Missile Track Custody (MTC) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Overhead Persistent Infrared Sensor (OPIR) payloads by […]
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InternationalNo Plans ‘Right Now’ To Provide Ukraine With Patriot Batteries, DoD Spokesperson Says
A top Pentagon spokesperson on Tuesday said there are currently no plans ‘right now’ to provide Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine, while reiterating air defense remains a priority for […]
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Missile DefenseArmy Cruise Missile Intercept Test Uses Prototype Comms Device Connected To IBCS
Earlier this month, the Army conducted a set of missile defense flight tests that used a new prototype communications device that connects the battle management system to a Patriot missile […]
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Missile DefenseJapanese Destroyers First Successfully Test SM-3 In Ballistic Missile Defense Test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on Monday announced the first successful missile defense test firing of Standard Missile-3 missiles from Japanese […]
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Missile DefenseIsrael Tests Naval Iron Dome
The Israeli government and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. recently conducted an interception test of a naval version of the Iron Dome air defense system. The company and Israeli government […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon And Northrop Grumman Win Mods To Continue Refining Hypersonic Defense Concepts
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] firm-fixed-price modifications to extend the current refinement of their hypersonic missile defense concepts for the Glide Phase Interceptor […]
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Missile DefenseBiden Missile Defense Review Pushes For 20 NGIs; Repeats GMD Not Aimed At Russia, China
The Biden administration’s new Missile Defense Review (MDR) maintains a push for 20 new Next Generation Interceptors while it continues to note this kind of system is only geared toward […]
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Missile Defense2022 Missile Defense Review Highlights Cruise Missile, Counter Drone, Guam Defense
The unclassified version of the newest Missile Defense Review (MDR) released Thursday adds a new emphasis on homeland cruise missile defense, counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS), and defense of Guam. The […]
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ArmyDoD Conducting A Round Of Hypersonic Testing This Week
The Defense Department is conducting a second flight campaign this week with hypersonic experiments to help develop hypersonic weapons and defense, the Navy said on Oct. 26. The campaign is […]
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Missile Defense
Biden Administration Opposes Missile Defense Systems Provisions In Senate Defense Bill
The White House recently announced it “strongly opposes” several provisions related to the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) and hypersonic missile defense in the Senate’s fiscal year 2023 defense authorization […]
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