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Missile Defense
U.S., Japan and South Korea Activate North Korea Missile Warning Data Sharing System, Exercise Plan
The United States, Japan and South Korea said on Tuesday they activated a real-time North Korea missile warning data sharing mechanism and established a multi-year plan for trilateral exercises. Previously, […]
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MDA Has New Director Immediately After Confirmation Vote
Lt. Gen. Heath Collins has become the newest director of the Missile Defense Agency, following his confirmation by the Senate on Dec. 5, the agency said in a statement. Collins […]
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Army
RTX Successfully Tests LTAMDS To Defeat Cruise Missile Target
RTX [RTX] used the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) to successfully help guide an intercept of a cruise missile type target, the company said on Monday. The […]
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Northrop Grumman and RTX Nab Another Round of Hypersonic Defense Funds For More Concept Refinement
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded both Northrop Grumman [NOC] and RTX [RTX] another $54 million to fund further concept refinement for their hypersonic defense Glide Phase Intercept (GPI) concepts. […]
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Navy/USMC
Destroyer Successfully Tests First Simultaneous Intercepts Of Ballistic Missiles And Drones
A Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer successfully tested the ability to intercept multiple ballistic missile and drone targets at the same time in a joint test with the Missile Defense Agency […]
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Lockheed Martin Moves Past Next Gen Interceptor Preliminary Design Review
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it recently completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for its version of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) and outlined next steps in its competition. […]
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Missile Defense
Boeing Wins Phase 2 Of DARPA Hypersonic Defense Interceptor
Boeing [BA] won a $70.5 million contract to develop and test technologies for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research projects Agency’s (DARPA) counter-hypersonic missile interceptor program, Glide Breaker. […]
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International
Poland Is First International Customer Of Army’s LTAMDS Radar
Poland approved a Letter of Acceptance with the U.S. Army to be the first international customer for the RTX [RTX] Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensors (LTAMDS) alongside dozens […]
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Poland Aegis Ashore Site To Turn Over To Navy This Year, Operational In 2024
A Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official recently said, after several years of setbacks, it aims to turn over the Poland Aegis Ashore missile defense site to the Navy before the […]
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MDA Hypersonic Defense Program Limited Due To New Technologies, Focused On Maturing Tech
A top Missile Defense Agency official recently said its work on a new hypersonic missile defense effort is “throttled” due to new technology that has to be matured, but it […]
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