The Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) over the weekend fired four Standard Missile (SM)-6 Dual II missiles against a raid of two short-range ballistic missile targets, successfully intercepting at least one. MDA said in a statement that this test on July 24, Flight Test Missile (FTM)-33, was “ ...
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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) deployed two small nanosatellites into orbit on June 30 as part of an experiment to test networked communications and help reduce technological risk in the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. On July 12 MDA said these satellites, called ...
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week provided an update on the long-delayed Poland Aegis Ashore site and said the Pentagon learned from delays caused by adding building automation to military construction. During an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies ...
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week gave an update on the Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) project and explained the utility of a potential new Hawaiian radar, currently unfunded in the fiscal year 2022 budget request. Speaking at a Center for Strategic and International ...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is finishing the architecture options for a new Guam-based missile defense system, which may include a hybrid mix of current capabilities. Speaking during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on June 22, MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill emphasized ...
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Tuesday explained his perspective on how the agency decided its priorities in the fiscal year 2022 budget request and unfunded priorities list as well as the decision to deploy some Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA missiles. Speaking at a ...