Missile Defense
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Missile Defense
First 10 LRDR Panels Delivered To MDA Alaska Facility
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the first 10 Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) antenna panels to the Missile Defense Agency’s facility in Clear, Alaska, the company said this week. The […]
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Army
Army To Hold Limited User Test For IBCS Within Next Couple Months
The Army will hold a limited user test for its future missile defense command platform within the next couple months, a top Army missile defense official said on March 5. […]
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Missile Defense
DoD Takes Directed Energy Out of MDA
The Defense Department has moved directed energy (DE) funds out of the Missile Defense Agency and consolidated them under the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, […]
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Missile Defense
MDA Cuts Pacific Radar Sensor, Starting INDOPACOM Sensor Study
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) stopped funding a new ballistic missile defense radar in the Pacific and instead is studying the larger sensor architecture needed in region, the agency’s director […]
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Missile Defense
MDA Rolls Out Interceptor Schedule, Lessons Learned From RKV Failure
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) laid out the schedule for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) and lessons learned from the failure of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) in the Defense […]
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Pentagon
Pentagon Working On Iraq’s Permission To Deploy Patriot Defense System To The Region
Senior Pentagon officials on Thursday said the department is working to receive the Iraqi government’s permission before deploying a Patriot missile defense system to the region. Defense Secretary Mark Esper […]
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Air Force
Raytheon Awarded Air Force Contract to Provide Ground System for Missile Warning Architecture
Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $197 million five-year contract to help the Air Force collect and disseminate data from multiple sensors for its missile warning architecture, the company said […]
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Budget
Hyten Urges More R&D Funds, Fewer Studies for Space-Based Sensor Layers
The Defense Department should invest more research-and-development funds toward efforts to eventually field a space-based early warning sensor layer in lower orbits, the U.S. military’s number-two general said Jan. 17. […]
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International
U.S. Early Warning System Helped Protect Troops from Iran Strike on Iraqi Bases
U.S. forces were able to seek protection before a series of ballistic missiles struck two Iraqi bases Jan. 7 thanks to an American early warning system, President Trump said Wednesday. […]
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Air Force
Appropriators Boost Air Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program
The Air Force would receive an extra $75 million for a program set to build its future early warning missile detection satellites under the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill […]