The Drive: The U.S. Army is looking to expand a secretive missile defense site in Turkey, according to the service’s request for funds in the 2018 fiscal year. The plan comes amid tensions between officials in Washington and Ankara over support for Kurdish rebels fighting ISIS in Syria, as well as cool relations with Russia… read more
Washington Post: President Trump reportedly told his Filipino counterpart that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is a “madman with nuclear weapons.” As Kim gets closer to having the missiles to deliver those weapons, Congress is launching a new push to dramatically expand missile defense inside the United States. “It’s no longer a matter of… read more
Defense World: The US Missile Defence Agency has awarded a $69 million contract to Parsons Government Services Inc. for construction of new facilities in America and a number of countries around the world. “Parsons Government Services Inc., Pasadena, California, was awarded a $69,980,565 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (including options) for advisory and assistance services for facilities lifecycle… read more
Defense News: WASHINGTON — The Ballistic Missile Defense Review ordered this month by Defense Secretary James Mattis won’t wrap up until the end of the year but the Missile Defense Agency’s fiscal year 2018 budget request shows signs of flexibility ahead of the reviews findings. MDA is requesting $7.9 billion in FY18, an increase of… read more
Washington Examiner: A bipartisan group of senators wants the government to explore how to expand United States missile defense systems to a new realm: space. “We’re in unique times, and we need to explore all means of protecting ourselves,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, told the Washington Examiner. Schatz is one of the most liberal members… read more
ABC News: FORT SILL, OK (KSWO) – On Tuesday, 24 soldiers from different army posts wrapped up a training session at Fort Sill on how to build and defend a short range air defense site, also known as SHORAD, that will help prepare them for combat. It’s part of the Army’s renewed focus on protecting… read more
Redstone Alabama: The Huntsville office of large defense contractor Boeing has been awarded an additional billion dollars for work on America’s ballistic missile defense system, according to a Pentagon release. The modification is for $1.088 billion, and brings to the total award to more than $5 billion for work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)… read more
Maui Now: Today, US Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) introduced the Advancing America’s Missile Defense Act of 2017. The bill – a direct response to continued aggression from North Korea – seeks to… read more
Reuters: Raytheon Co and Lockheed Martin Corp are working with Japanese partners on rival projects to develop new radars that will enhance Japan’s shield against any North Korean missile strike, government and defense industry sources in Tokyo told Reuters. As nuclear-armed Pyongyang builds ever more advanced missiles with the ability to strike anywhere in Japan,… read more
The Korea Herald: The navies of South Korea and the US have been running a combined maritime operations center since early this year to better counter North Korea’s missile threats, officials said Sunday. In January, South Korea’s Navy and US Naval Forces Korea launched the operations center in the South Korean Navy’s operational base in… read more