Ground-based Interceptor (GBI)
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Missile Defense2020 MDA Budget Request Delays RKV By Two Years, Delaying New GBIs
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) FY 2020 budget request documents released Tuesday said the agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program will be delayed by two years, which will in turn […]
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Missile DefenseHASC Missile Defense Mark Authorizes SM-3 IB Multiyear, Pushes Boost Phase and Space Sensors
The House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces markup of its portion of the FY ’19 defense authorization bill focused on SM-3 IB multiyear procurement, requiring the director of the […]
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Missile DefenseOfficials Lay Out Missile Defense Updates/Setbacks; MDR Expected After April
Top U.S. Defense Department missile defense leaders provided positive updates on U.S. missile defense systems at a congressional hearing last Thursday, but one official was reluctant to say when the […]
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Missile Defense
Boeing Wins $6.56 Billion MDA Contract To Continue As GMD Prime Integrator
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing [BA] a $6.56 billion modification to a previous contract to extend its development and sustainment contract (DSC) for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile […]
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Missile Defense
NDAA Makes Missile Defense Policy Changes
The fiscal year 2018 defense bill passed by both Houses of Congress authorizes numerous changes and directives to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), including studies to expand missile defense fields. […]
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Missile DefenseNDAA Makes Missile Defense Policy Changes
The fiscal year 2018 defense bill passed by both Houses of Congress authorizes numerous changes and directives to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), including studies to expand missile defense fields. […]
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Navy/USMC
Administration Asks Congress for Billions More To Fund Extra Missile Defense, Ship Repairs, And Troops
The Trump administration sent Congress a set of Defense Department Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget amendments on Monday to increase funding for missile defense, repair damaged Navy ships, and increase […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Looking Into Common Boost Vehicle For Midcourse Defense System
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning to start market research to explore the possibility of using a next-generation Common Boost Vehicle (CBV) for its Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors, […]
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Missile Defense
Missile Defense Head Explains Test Success, Relation To Realistic Threat
Missile Defense Agency director Vice Adm. Jim Syring said on Wednesday that the Tuesday test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System was realistic and replicated a real threat the […]
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Missile Defense
Missile Defense Agency Awards Boeing $1 Billion Modification For RKV Development
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing [BA] a $1 billion undefinitized modification to a contract procuring Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) development, the Defense Department announced Monday. The RKV is intended […]
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