missile defense
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Missile DefenseU.S. And Japan Conduct First SPY-7 ASEV Live Tracking Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Friday announced it and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) successfully conducted the first live target tracking exercise with the SPY-7 radar the Japanese […]
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Missile DefenseArmy Plans To Take Over THAAD Program In 2027
A top Army acquisition official this week said the Army is planning to assume control over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system by next year. While […]
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Missile DefenseGuetlein Names Golden Dome C2 Primes, Adds $10 Billion To Total Cost
The director of the Golden Dome program Tuesday named the three prime contractors working on the Golden Dome command and control (C2) “glue layer” and revealed the program’s expected total […]
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Missile DefenseRTX Wins $267 Million To Restart SM-3 IB Line, Deliver 23 Interceptors
While DoD had planned to end procurement of the Standard Missile-3 Block IB (SM-3 IB), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded RTX [RTX] a $267 million contract modification on March […]
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Navy/USMCPentagon Plans $65 Million Effort To Integrate PAC-3 MSEs Onto Navy Destroyers
The Defense Department plans to spend $65 million from the 2025 reconciliation bill to integrate the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) onto the Aegis […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Wins $400 Million Contract For THAAD Motors and LDACS
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday announced it received a new $400 million contract to produce more solid rocket boost motors (SRBMs) and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems (LDACS) for […]
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Missile DefenseTHAAD Will Integrate Into IBCS Faster And Cheaper Than DoD Planned, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] officials last week confirmed the integration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system into its Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is proceeding […]
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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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