missile defense
-
Missile DefenseRTX’s Losing Counter-Hypersonic Bid Used Blast Fragmentation But Partner Japan Wanted Hit-To Kill, Protest Proceeds
A decision in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims this month noted RTX’s [RTX] bid for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) counter-hypersonic program used a blast-fragmentation method, but partner Japan […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseKratos Confirms Hypersonic Test Bed Uses Erinyes Vehicle
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] confirmed tests of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) hypersonic test bed have used its Erinyes vehicle. On Jan. 13 MDA conducted its second flight […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCSDA Looks To Industry Studies For Trump’s Iron Dome For America
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Feb. 11 issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking summaries of upcoming 60-day studies on architectures and capabilities for the Iron Dome For America […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseArmy And RTX Tests LTAMDS and PAC-2 Again With GEM-T Variant
The Army and RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] said its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) recently completed another successful live-fire test with the Patriot missile defense system with another […]
-
Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese SPY-7 Radar Antenna
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday marked delivery of the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna to the Japanese government for its future two Aegis missile defense vessels. This sale occurred via a […]
-
UncategorizedMDA Conducts Second Flight Test Experiment With Hypersonic Test Bed
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the second flight experiment of its Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) on Jan.13, the agency said Tuesday. The HTB is a glide vehicle designed to […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman To Build NGI’s Test Target
While Northrop Grumman [NOC] is not building the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), it said Thursday it has been cleared to build NGI’s mock target, called the MBRV-11. The company describes […]
Tagged in: -
InternationalRTX Nabs $946 Million Patriot Award For Romania
The Army awarded RTX [RTX] a $946 million modification on Dec. 23 to provide Patriot air and missile defense systems equipment to Romania. The Defense Department announced this covers unspecified […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseArmy Conducts Another Successful Patriot-LTAMDS-IBCS Air And Missile Defense Test
The Army on Wednesday announced another set of intercept tests of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar combined with the Patriot Advanced Capacility-3 interceptors, integrated via the […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseFinal Defense Authorization Bill Orders East Coast Missile Defense Site
The House and Senate conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a House provision requiring DoD establish a third missile defense interceptor site on the East […]