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Missile Defense
MDA Finishing Guam Defense Architecture Options, May Be Hybrid Capabilities
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is finishing the architecture options for a new Guam-based missile defense system, which may include a hybrid mix of current capabilities. Speaking during a Center […]
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Hill Talks MDA Budget Decisions, Unfunded List, And Missile Movements
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Tuesday explained his perspective on how the agency decided its priorities in the fiscal year 2022 budget request and unfunded priorities […]
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Parsons Wins Nearly $3 Billion In MDA Contract Work
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Parsons [PSN] two contracts on June 16 worth nearly $3 billion total in various support services. One contract awarded to Parsons’ Government Services division, […]
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Officials Outline Cruise Missile And Guam Defense Progress, Value Of More Hypersonic Defense Funds
This week Defense Department officials told a Congressional panel how it is moving forward on cruise missile defense of the homeland, plans for increasing missile defense of Guam and the […]
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MDA Unfunded List Leads With More SM-3 IIA Rounds, THAAD Interceptors
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) submitted a $367.5 million unfunded priorities list with the fiscal year 2022 budget request this month, topped with extra missile defense interceptors and more hypersonic […]
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Biden Administration Launching “Imminent” New Missile Defense Review
The Defense Department is preparing to start a new round of examining missile defense policies and capabilities, a department official told a Senate panel Wednesday evening. “We are planning to […]
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MDA FY 2022 Budget Request Slightly Lower Than Current Year
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY 2022 budget request is set at $8.9 billion, slightly under the $9.2 billion request from the current year. In budget documents, the Defense Department […]
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Hill Touts GBI Life Extension While Waiting For NGI
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) argued service life extension program (SLEP) work on current Ground Based Interceptors (GBIs) in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system will help […]
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NATO Starts Formidable Shield 2021 Air and Missile Defense Exercise
Naval forces from several NATO members began the Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 21 live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise off the west coast of Scotland on May 15. […]
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MDA Planning Second Test of SM-3 IIA Against ICBM Target
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is planning a second intercept flight test of the Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target following the first successful […]
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