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Missile DefenseLRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight
The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle […]
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Missile DefenseKelly Pushes Hegseth On Golden Dome Reality, Cutting Pentagon Testers
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday showed strong skepticism that the wide-ranging Golden Dome missile defense initiative is realistic while also cutting the Pentagon’s independent weapons testing office that could […]
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Missile DefenseGAO Reveals DoD Changed Guam Missile Defense Architecture, Canceled TPY-6 Radar
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed a top Biden administration DoD official changed the Guam Defense System (GDS) missile defense architecture in the final days of the administration, […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Guam Missile Defense Structure Lacks Key Strategies and Planning, GAO Says
The Defense Department’s plan to add missile defense systems to Guam in a new organizational structure is running into major problems as a recent watchdog report finds they still lack […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Reveals $151 Billion Decade-Long SHIELD Missile Defense Contract Vehicle For Next-Gen Capabilities
The Missile Defense Agency on May 21 published a presolicitation notice previewing a new decade-long next-generation missile defense contract vehicle worth up to $151 billion total. MDA expects to issue […]
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Missile DefenseTrump Announces Golden Dome To Cost $175 Billion, To Finish Within Three Years
President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced key details of the planned Golden Dome missile defense architecture, with an expected total cost of $175 billion, timeline […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Issues Wide-Ranging Opportunity To Take In ‘Unique And Innovative’ White Papers
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week issued a new solicitation as part of its Golden Dome efforts that give industry an ongoing five-year opportunity to present new missile defense […]
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Golden Dome Industry Summit Set For June
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) rescheduled its upcoming Golden Dome for America industry summit for June 11 in Huntsville, Ala. An MDA notice from March originally announced the summit focused […]
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Missile DefenseRTX Nabs Another $2.1 Billion Mod For More SM-3 Maintenance
The Missile Defense Agency awarded RTX [RTX] a $2.13 billion contract modification Monday to continue providing maintenance on all Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block variants across all U.S. and partner countries. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Seeks ‘Paradigm Shift’ With New Missile Defense Targets Program
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is starting market research via a Request for Information (RFI) to help shape the acquisition of its future target systems, which includes a “paradigm shift” […]
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