Missile Defense

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Hypersonic glide vehicles (HGV) under development by potential adversaries will require the United States to devise new ways to detect and defend against such advanced threats, the head of […]

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a longtime critic of U.S. missile defense programs, recommends in a new report that the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to fire its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor at airborne targets in the coming months in hopes of persuading the U.S. Army to buy the lightweight weapon […]

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is plagued by shrinking budgets and growing responsibilities that are increasingly hurting its ability to conduct the research and development needed to modernize the […]

Eleven former U.S. military leaders are urging lawmakers to nix a provision in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that would repeal a requirement that […]

Thirty-seven U.S. senators have signed a letter urging leaders of a House-Senate conference committee to provide more than $600 million for Israeli missile defense programs in the fiscal year 2017 […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Friday tossed its hat into the still-unofficial program to develop an upgrade to Patriot missile defense radars. The Army on July 6 issued a request for […]

Israel is developing a naval version of its land-based Iron Dome system to defend its offshore gas fields against short-range rockets. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced in late May […]

The State Department approved a possible $65 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request to South Korea for SM-2 Block IIIB Standard missiles, containers and support. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed a series of four public meetings designed to receive feedback on a potential Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) site in the eastern United States. […]