Missile Defense
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Air ForceAny Decision To Accelerate B-21 Production Will Require Northrop Grumman To Boost Investment
If the Pentagon decides to increase production of the U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber it will require further investment by Northrop Grumman [NOC], which in turn expects to […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Wins Another $2.97 Billion Contract To Upgrade Aegis Over Next Decade
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] another 10-year contract to maintain and upgrade the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system in a contract worth up to $2.97 […]
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Missile DefenseSpace Force Solicits Industry Ideas On ‘Quick and Efficient’ SBI Deployment
The U.S. Space Force program executive office for space combat power is soliciting input from industry on the rapid fielding of space based interceptors (SBI), which the Trump administration’s Golden […]
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Missile DefenseLRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight
The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle […]
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Missile DefenseKelly Pushes Hegseth On Golden Dome Reality, Cutting Pentagon Testers
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday showed strong skepticism that the wide-ranging Golden Dome missile defense initiative is realistic while also cutting the Pentagon’s independent weapons testing office that could […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Want Blueprint, Details For Golden Dome
Amid scant details from the Defense Department about the Trump administration’s proposed homeland missile defense concept, the House Appropriations Committee wants granularity on the piece-parts, costs, and implementation plan for […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards BAE Systems $1.2 Billion For Epoch 2 Missile Warning And Tracking Satellites
BAE Systems has won a $1.2 billion contract to provide the Space Force with 10 Epoch 2 satellites that will provide global hypersonic missile tracking as part of a larger […]
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Missile DefenseGAO Reveals DoD Changed Guam Missile Defense Architecture, Canceled TPY-6 Radar
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed a top Biden administration DoD official changed the Guam Defense System (GDS) missile defense architecture in the final days of the administration, […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Guam Missile Defense Structure Lacks Key Strategies and Planning, GAO Says
The Defense Department’s plan to add missile defense systems to Guam in a new organizational structure is running into major problems as a recent watchdog report finds they still lack […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Reveals $151 Billion Decade-Long SHIELD Missile Defense Contract Vehicle For Next-Gen Capabilities
The Missile Defense Agency on May 21 published a presolicitation notice previewing a new decade-long next-generation missile defense contract vehicle worth up to $151 billion total. MDA expects to issue […]
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