Missile Defense News

April 5, 2019

US developing defenses against Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons

Defence Blog: Pentagon plans to develop space sensors to early warning and monitoring enemy hypersonic missiles, Undersecretary of Defense for

April 4, 2019

Defense of U.S. is Top Priority for Missile Defense, DOD Leader Says

EIN – Potential adversaries are developing sophisticated ballistic and cruise missile systems, with increased speed, range, accuracy and lethality, a

April 4, 2019

Strategic enterprise establishes missile defense plan

The Redstone Rocket: In response to increasingly complex threats, the Army is charting a clear path forward to provide flexible,

April 4, 2019

Layered Missile Defense Network Protects Homeland, Deployed Forces

DoD – Defense Department leaders, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John C. Rood and Air Force Gen. Terrence J.

April 3, 2019

Lockheed Gets $174M Army Contract for Missile Defense Tech Integration Work

GovConWire: Lockheed Martin has received a potential $173.7M contract to help the U.S. Army integrate the Terminal High Altitude Area

April 3, 2019

U.S. Missile Defense Agency wants a new 1,000 kilowatt-class laser weapons

Defence Blog: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is looking for information on a 1,000 kW-class electrically-pumped laser for defending the

April 2, 2019

New Submarines, Destroyers and More: The U.S. Navy Is About to Get Much Bigger

The National Interest: (Washington, D.C.) The Navy’s ambitious fleet-size expansion relies upon a massive increase in heavily armed Destroyers able

April 2, 2019

Lockheed clinches $2.4 billion deal for sale of THAAD missiles

Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded a $2.4 billion Pentagon contract on Monday for THAAD interceptor missiles,

April 2, 2019

Why Navy Aircraft Carriers Love the F-35: They Can Send Them ‘Target Data’

The National Interest: The Pentagon’s F-35 has conducted test attack missions in tandem with other aircraft, surface ships and ground

April 2, 2019

Missile-tracking aircraft arrives on Okinawa amid fears N. Korea may lift testing moratorium

Stars and Stripes: CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A U.S. reconnaissance aircraft that specializes in surveilling and collecting data on ballistic