Missile Defense
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Air ForceAppropriators 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 […]
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ArmyArmy Completes Successful Final Development Test With IBCS Ahead Of Operational Evaluations In 2020
The Army on Thursday completed a successful final developmental test with its future missile defense command platform, taking down two cruise missile surrogates, as the program moves toward operational testing […]
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Air ForceAir Force, DoD Test Prototype Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
The Air Force conducted a flight test of a new ground-launched ballistic missile Dec. 12 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the Pentagon said Thursday. The test of the prototype […]
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Missile DefensePAC-3 CRIs Conduct Two Successful Missile Intercepts
Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully conducted two tactical ballistic missile interception tests with the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors, the company said Thursday. The company, which builds […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Wins $257 Million Mod To Build 24 SM-3 IIAs
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a modification to increase an undefinitized contract action by $267 million to build 24 more Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. This modification, […]
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Missile DefenseFour Companies Win Prototype Hypersonic Tracking Contracts
Four companies won $20 million contracts last week each to develop prototype payload designs for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. Northrop Grumman [NOC], Leidos [LDOS], L3Harris […]
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CongressSASC Member Presses STRATCOM Head Nominee on RKV Cancellation
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants more answers as to why the Defense Department canceled the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) from the likely next leader of U.S. Strategic Command, and […]
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ArmyRaytheon Selected For Army’s LTAMDS Program To Deliver New Patriot Radar
The Army has selected Raytheon [RTN] to deliver the next-generation Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor to replace the Patriot defense system’s current radar, the company said on Thursday. […]
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PentagonPentagon To Deploy Additional Troops And Patriot, THAAD Defense Systems To Saudi Arabia
The Pentagon on Friday approved the deployment of additional troops and air and missile defense capabilities to Saudi Arabia, after receiving a request to bolster defense to deter further Iranian […]
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Missile DefenseMDA: New Missile Field Without RKV Helpful, Working On GBI Maintenance Plans
The Pentagon’s chief missile defense official said despite the cancellation of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) delaying new missile defense interceptors a new missile field for interceptors will help maintenance […]