missile defense
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Missile DefenseNATO Awards RTX-MBDA Venture $5.6 Billion For 1,000 European Patriot Missiles
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on Wednesday awarded COMLOG a $5.6 billion contract for up to 1,000 Patriot GEM-T missiles as part of the European Sky Shield Initiative […]
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Missile DefenseNDAA Pushes MDA To Field Anti-Hypersonic Interceptors Faster, INDOPACOM Missile Defense Architecture
The fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill, passed last week, kept provisions that push the Missile Defense Agency to operate counter-hypersonic interceptors earlier than currently planned and pushed the Defense […]
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Missile DefenseU.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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Missile DefenseMDA 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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ArmyRTX 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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Missile DefenseNorthrop 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/USMCDestroyer 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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Missile DefenseLockheed 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 DefenseBoeing 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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InternationalPoland 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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