missile defense
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Official Highlights Importance Of Affordability, Acquisition Reform
A lead Defense Department official for the Golden Dome program this week argued that while technology for homeland missile defense effort is generally all proven out, the limiting factor is […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman Eyes Quadrupling IBCS Production, Maps Out More Mobility And Adding AI
Northrop Grumman [NOC] expects to ultimately increase the production rate for the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) by four fold due to rising domestic and international interest in the platform […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Inspector General Launches Audit Into SM-3 IIA
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) last week announced it has opened an audit of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) management of the RTX [RTX] Standard […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Director Outlines Priorities Through 2027
The director for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program last week gave industry another peak into his priorities through next year and elaborated on why they have been so secretive about […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Names Golden Dome Deputy
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the White House has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Brian Gibson to be appointed as lieutenant general and assigned as military deputy to […]
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Navy/USMCKelly Says SHIPS Act Moving Forward, Skeptical Of Golden Dome SBIs
A key backer of the SHIPS for America Act (S. 1541) this week argued it is not bogged down in committee any longer and also expressed strong skepticism of spending […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Chief Confirms Some Operational Capability By 2028; Culture Bigger Barrier Than Technical Challenges
The head of the Golden Dome initiative last weekend confirmed that while they still plan to deliver an “operational capability” to defend against advanced threats by 2028, cultural challenges are […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Awards First SHIELD Golden Dome Contract Vehicle To Over 1,000 Offerors
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) included over 1,000 winning offerors able to compete under the first in a series of awards for the multiple award Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered […]
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Missile DefenseSpace Force Prepares Golden Dome Solicitation For Midcourse Interceptors
The U.S. Space Force is to release a Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) for what experts have said is the most feasible version of space-based missile defense–midcourse kinetic intercept. Space […]
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Missile DefenseRocket Lab Launches HASTE Vehicle With MDA And DIU Payloads
Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Tuesday announced the successful launch of a suborbital mission using its HASTE launch vehicle with missile defense technology payloads operating for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) […]
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