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Missile Defense
RTX 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 Defense
MDA Looks To Add Competition To SM-3 IIAs in RFI
MDA is looking at possibly adding competition to production and delivery of its Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile interceptor, according to a new Request For Information (RFI). A March 10 […]
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International
Lockheed Martin Nabs $479 Million Japan FMS For Aegis Vessel Equipment
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $579 million contract modification to continue to develop and integrate support for two new Japanese Aegis ships. The […]
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Missile Defense
RTX Wins $1.9 Billion Contract For U.S. And Japan SM-3 IIAs
The Missile Defense Agency on Thursday awarded RTX [RTX] a $1.94 billion contract to manufacture and assemble Standard Missile-3 missiles for both the U.S. and Japan. This award specifically covers […]
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Navy/USMC
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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Navy/USMC
SECNAV Says MidEast Ops Have Used Almost $1 Billion In Munitions, Supplemental Needed To Replace Them
The Secretary of the Navy this week told a congressional panel that the service has used nearly $1 billion in critical munitions in Middle East operations in the past year […]
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Missile Defense
MDA’s 2025 Budget Requests $500 Million Less Than Previous Year
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) fiscal year 2025 budget request is for $10.4 billion, $500 million less than the $10.9 billion requested in FY ‘24. For the first time in […]
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Missile Defense
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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Navy/USMC
MDA Succeeds In Fourth SM-3 IIA Intercept After Two Failures
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted the fourth Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA intercept test on Friday, called Flight Test Standard Missile-45 (FTM-45), following two failures. This latest test […]
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MDA Says SM-3 IIA Test Failure Caused By Third Stage Ignition Part
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it found the likely reason why a Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile failed to intercept a target in a January test (FTM-29): […]
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