missile defense

The initial draft or mark of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee’s part of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would pull the initial operational capability (IOC) of […]

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $621 million contract on June 1 to upgrade and repair Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) kill vehicles, part of a disunited version […]

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the Missile Defense System’s (MDS) sustainment and readiness found the Defense Department “lacks comprehensive guidance for sustaining” the various MDS pieces like […]

U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) this week announced it is taking over missile defense responsibilities from U.S. Strategic Command, in accordance with a command plan approved by President Biden. The 2022 […]

An Israeli official this week confirmed the new Arrow-4 missile defense interceptor being developed by Israel and the U.S. aims to be more affordable to allow a higher volume of […]

President Biden on Thursday nominated the program executive officer (PEO) of Ground-Based Weapons Systems to be the next director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Collins has served in this […]

The latest annual Government Accountability Office (GAP) review on missile defense acquisition progress showed more details about the new defensive plans for Guam including the specific command and control systems […]

Israel’s David’s Sling air and missile defense system successfully intercepted a rocket for the first time outside a test, according to recent Israeli media reports. On May 10 the Times […]

The Missile Defense Agency is starting to consider what concepts and capabilities it might need around 2045 in a new request for information (RFI). MDA issued an RFI on May […]

The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said several current missile defense systems likely have a capability to defend against hypersonic threats and plans to procure hundreds […]