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Lockheed Martin awarded $3.7B to modernize key missile defense mission
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
The $3.7 billion contract for Next Generation Interceptor is the first step in the development and demonstration phase delivering on MDA's requirements to moder...
Northrop Grumman Common Infrared Countermeasures System ready for full-rate production
Mar 17, 2021 (SPX)
"Through our partnership with the U.S. Army and our suppliers, we have already delivered over 100 production systems," said Bob Gough, vice president, navigatio...
Israel says Iron Dome can now intercept drones, missiles at same time
Mar 16, 2021 (AFP)
In service for nearly a decade to protect Israel from rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, Iron Dome is credited with helping Israel to maintain militar...
Missile Defense Agency to consider two sites for Hawaii-based radar
Mar 08, 2021 (UPI)
The proposed Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii, which MDA is accepting public comment on through April 12, would face North Korea and have properties similar to the...
SPY-7 joint Japan project completes initial demonstration of capability
Feb 26, 2021 (SPX)
Overall, there has been significant program progress since Japan's Aegis SPY-7 system selection in July 2018, and this demonstration completes a major milestone...
Israel and US begin Arrow 4 development
Feb 19, 2021 (DOD)
Arrow 4 will be an advanced, innovative interceptor missile with enhanced capabilities. It will address a wide range of evolving threats in the region and will ...
US renews call on Turkey to dump Russian missile system
Feb 10, 2021 (AFP)
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in an interview this week proposed a compromise in which the NATO ally does not fully deploy the S-400s, which Russia origi...
Turkey hints at compromise with US over Russian missiles
Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)
The United States wants Turkey to decommission the S-400 missiles, which were originally built to target NATO hardware and acquired by Ankara in July 2019. Defe...
China tests its missile interception equipment
Feb 08, 2021 (XNA)
The Defense Ministry said in a brief statement late on Thursday that the test had achieved its goals, and the operation was defensive in nature, not targeting a...
Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor Phase IIb Awards
Jan 25, 2021 (AFNS)
This will result in Launch and Early Orbit Testing of HBTSS prototype satellites that demonstrate the sensitivity and fire-control quality of service necessary ...
ULA launches two new Space Force tracking satellites into orbit
Jan 21, 2021 (UPI)
The Atlas V rocket lifted off as planned at 2 p.m. EST into a mostly cloudy sky from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station near Kennedy Space Center....
Northrop builds command centers for Poland's air, missile defense system
Jan 15, 2021 (UPI)
The company took delivery of shelters at its Huntsville, Ala., facility that will be fitted with equipment making them engagement operations centers for the Int...
Israel delivers second Iron Dome Defense System battery to U.S.
Jan 07, 2021 (UPI)
"The delivery of the Iron Dome to the U.S. Army once again demonstrates the close relations between the Israel Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of De...
Congress adds $1.3B to Missile Defense Agency's budget in spending bill
Dec 22, 2020 (UPI)
The agency had requested $9.13 billion, a $1.27 billion decrease from last year's budget, but also submitted a list of unfunded requirements that totaled nearly...
IMDO and MDA complete intercept test of the David's Sling Weapon System
Dec 16, 2020 (AFNS)
During the campaign, designated David's Sling Test-7 (DST-7), IMDO successfully demonstrated advanced capabilities of the DSWS in the intercept of a threat repr...
Most Advanced SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Ready For 2021 Launch
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
Built in a record time and at no additional cost to the government for the upgrade, SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on the company's mod...
Russian military successfully tests new anti-ballistic missile
Nov 27, 2020 (Sputnik)
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the missile defense system is designed to protect against air and space attacks. "At the Sary-Shagan testing range (Repu...
Navy intercepts, destroys ICBM during missile test in Hawaii
Nov 17, 2020 (UPI)
The target was launched from Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in Hawaii toward the broad ocean area northeast of the state, according to the Pe...
U.S., allied countries begin NATO Missile Firing Installation 2020 in Greece
Nov 12, 2020 (UPI)
The German-led multinational air defense live fire exercise began Thursday and will continue through Nov. 27, according to a press release from U.S. European Co...
Launching your career in missile defense
Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)
Recently, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies teamed up to host two events in Huntsville, Alabama, to highlight the importance of the MDA's critical miss...
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