missile defense
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Missile DefenseMDA 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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Missile DefenseMDA 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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Missile DefenseDOT&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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Missile DefenseLockheed 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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Missile DefenseC3 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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Missile DefenseArmy 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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Missile DefenseJapanese 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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Missile DefenseIsrael Tests Naval Iron Dome
The Israeli government and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. recently conducted an interception test of a naval version of the Iron Dome air defense system. The company and Israeli government […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon And Northrop Grumman Win Mods To Continue Refining Hypersonic Defense Concepts
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] firm-fixed-price modifications to extend the current refinement of their hypersonic missile defense concepts for the Glide Phase Interceptor […]
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Missile DefenseBiden Missile Defense Review Pushes For 20 NGIs; Repeats GMD Not Aimed At Russia, China
The Biden administration’s new Missile Defense Review (MDR) maintains a push for 20 new Next Generation Interceptors while it continues to note this kind of system is only geared toward […]
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