Washington Post: The House on Thursday adopted the conference report for the annual defense policy bill on a 270 to 156 vote, which is not enough support to override President Obama’s promised veto of the legislation. The breakdown comes over just one point: $38.2 billion in additional spending that the Republican leaders of the Armed Services committees… read more
Redstone Rocket: Wayne Leonard believes in developing relationships and communication. He expressed their importance Friday when taking the helm of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System. Leonard became the JLENS product director in an assumption of charter ceremony at the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space headquarters building 5250.… read more
The Hill: The Iran deal marks a new phase in the nuclear age: the advent of new nuclear states. It dramatically increases the probability of Iran joining nuclear weapons to its substantial ballistic missile inventory — either when the agreement ends or sooner, should Iran decide to “break-out” of the deal. At the same time,… read more
Defense News: The National Defense Authorization Act that has emerged from conference negotiations would add $30 million for the planning and design of an East Coast missile defense site and speed up its possible deployment, a victory for some congressional Republicans who have long fought for traction to move forward with the possible project. Language… read more
Stars and Stripes: Many Patriot crew team members go whole careers without taking part in a single live-fire launch, but this week Army Spc. Harold Holland will be one of the lucky ones to watch the multimillion-dollar missile take flight over the Mediterranean. “The closest I’ve ever gotten to actually seeing one fire is on… read more
Times of Israel: After a rocket is intercepted over the skies of Ashdod on Monday night, interrupting an outdoor production of “The Sound of Music,” the Hebrew papers on Tuesday wonder if Israel ought to expect an encore of last summer’s Gaza war. Meanwhile, an Arab lawmaker’s outburst on the Temple Mount has pundits questioning… read more
Reuters: U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a compromise version of the annual $612 billion defense authorization bill that includes measures aimed at reforming how the Pentagon buys weapons and shifts funding to some key weapons programs. Following is list of some key aspects of the bill, which includes funding provisions that anger Democrats and could… read more
Seapower: The Sept. 25 arrival of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney at Naval Station Rota, Spain, completes a two-year build-up of sea-based ballistic-missile defense (BMD) capability for U.S. European Command. Carney, formerly based in Mayport, Fla., joined three other destroyers — USS Donald Cook, USS Ross and USS Porter — forward-deployed to Rota.… read more
Army Press Release: In times of continuing budgetary constraints, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, or USASMDC/ARSTRAT, is saving the taxpayers by not only designing low-cost targets, but also by designing low-cost launch vehicles. Members of the USASMDC/ARSTRAT Test Execution Support Division developed a transportable, mission-configurable, 25,000 pounds-capacity Transportable Target… read more
DVIDS: The sound of stinger missile rounds cracked though the air like strikes of lightning as Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion honed their surface-to-air defense skills, here, Sept. 24. Alpha battery Marines fine-tuned their tactical proficiency skills with the FIM-92 Stinger Missile. The weapon is a personal and portable, infrared, homing, surface-to-air… read more