Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Nabs Another $500 Million For X-Band Radar R&D
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $500 modification on Sept. 23 to continue research and development work on the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Wins $1 Billion Missile Defense Target Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC) a $1.1 billion contract on Friday to provide missile defense targets. Under the contract, OSC will specifically […]
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Missile DefenseCAPE To Finish Interceptor Analysis Within Two Weeks, Next Draft RFP Due October
A top Pentagon official on Tuesday said the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office will conclude its sufficiency review of the DoD’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) Analysis of Alternatives […]
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Air ForceBoeing Claims Northrop Rejected Potential Partnership on GBSD Program
After several weeks of speculation that the two developers for the Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system could work together on a path forward, the companies appear to be […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Plans $12 Billion GMD Realignment, Senate Bill Requires Workforce Assessment
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is planning a $12 billion realignment and redevelopment of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system after the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) was cancelled, according to a […]
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Missile DefenseSAC-D Bill Adds $222 Million To Transfer RKV to NGI
A Senate panel recommended adding $222 million to the Missile Defense Agency’s FY 2020 budget to help it move from the canceled Redesigned Kill Vehicle to the follow-on Next Generation […]
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Missile Defense
RKV Death Sets Back GMD ‘A Few Years,’ No Money Back To Feds
The cancellation of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) has set back updates to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile defense system by several years, a top Defense Department official said. […]
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Missile DefenseNeutral Particle Beams Shelved, Says DoD Research Chief
The Defense Department is shelving its work on neutral particle beams as it advances other directed energy weapons, the Department of Defense’s top research official said on Wednesday. Given limited […]
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Missile DefenseFirst THAAD Intercept Test With Remote Launcher
The U.S. government conducted its first successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system intercept on Friday while using a remote launcher kit. In the test, designed Flight Test THAAD […]
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Missile DefenseIBCS Test Intercepts Target With Patriot At Longer Range
The U.S. Army successfully intercepted a cruise missile in a record-breaking long-range flight test on Thursday using the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor with the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) […]