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Missile Defense
RTX Tested SM-6 Integrated With LTAMDS And IBCS
RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] business unit recently tested launching the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) while using the Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) and Integrated Air and Missile Defense […]
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RTX Nabs Second $1.2 Billion German Patriot Missile Defense Award Of The Year
RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business unit won another $1.2 billion contract to provide Germany with more Patriot air and missile defense systems, the company announced Thursday. The company said this will […]
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GAO Says NGI Plan With Overlapping Design And Production Adds Risk, Schedule ‘Optimistic’
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) argued the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program faces challenges as it plans to overlap the design and […]
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Boeing Details $460.5 Million Missile Defense System Contract Continuing MDA Work
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday detailed the work included in a May contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to continue longstanding work on the National Team–Systems and Engineering contract. The […]
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Collins: First Test Of Space-Based Hypersonic Sensors Within A Week, MDA Starting New Look At Airborne Lasers
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) expects the first flight test using a pair of prototype space-based hypersonic sensors to occur within a week while also starting to look at a […]
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Collins: MDA Looks To Hypersonic Defense Alternatives With Hill Acceleration Push
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Thursday said the agency is looking at what additional current systems could be used or modified to defend against hypersonic threats […]
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Lockheed Martin and DoD Test Fire PAC-3 MSE With Aegis System
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it worked with the Defense Department to test fire a Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor that destroyed a target using […]
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U.S. and Japan Finalize Cooperative Development Agreement For Hypersonic Defense
The U.S. The Defense Department and Japan Ministry of Defense finalized an agreement to jointly develop and build a new hypersonic missile defense interceptor, with Japan to focus on propulsion […]
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MDA Director: ‘Very Hard’ To Reach IOC For Hypersonic Defense Program By 2029
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week told lawmakers it would be “very hard” to reach the congressionally-mandated initial operating capacity (IOC) for the Glide Phase Interceptor […]
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SECNAV Says Navy Needs More SM-3s
The Secretary of the Navy this week admitted the service will need more RTX [RTX] Standard Missile (SM)-3s for regional air and missile defense missions in the wake of recent […]
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