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Missile Defense
MDA Installing First Increment Of Guam Missile Defense Tech In 2024
The “first string” of interceptors, launchers, radars and a command and control system for missile defenses set to be deployed to Guam will arrive in 2024, the director of the […]
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MDA Helps Air Force In Cruise Missile Defense, Live Demo This Year
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is supporting the Air Force in its cruise missile defense program with plans to test a national capital region capability later this summer, the head […]
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MDA Confirms U.S. Exploring Cooperating On Hypersonic Defense Missiles With Japan
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week confirmed the Defense Department is exploring cooperatively developing and producing hypersonic defense missiles, akin to their shared work on the […]
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MDA Requests $10.9 Billion in 2024, With Focus On Guam Defense
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) fiscal year 2024 budget request is seeking $10.9 billion, up slightly from the $10.5 billion it was given for 2023, and with a large focus […]
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MDA Seeking Industry Input On Why It Only Had One Bid For $3.3 Billion Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking industry comments on why a solicitation for a contract to design, develop, test and field the next Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System […]
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DOT&E Says Top Missile Defense Challenge Is Using Realistic Threat Stand-Ins In Tests
The latest annual report by the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said while the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) systems have largely demonstrated several capabilities the biggest challenge is the need for […]
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Lockheed Martin Wins $528 Million Contract For Aegis Guam System
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a n undefinitized contract action (UCA) on Dec. 28 worth up to $528 million to expand performance of the Aegis Weapon […]
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C3 AI Announces First Orders In MDA Agreement
Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company C3 AI said on Tuesday it received the first three orders in a potential $500 million Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) production contract with the […]
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Army Cruise Missile Intercept Test Uses Prototype Comms Device Connected To IBCS
Earlier this month, the Army conducted a set of missile defense flight tests that used a new prototype communications device that connects the battle management system to a Patriot missile […]
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Japanese Destroyers First Successfully Test SM-3 In Ballistic Missile Defense Test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on Monday announced the first successful missile defense test firing of Standard Missile-3 missiles from Japanese […]
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