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May 21, 2020

JUST IN: Pentagon Fleshing Out New Space Advisory Committee

National Defense Magazine: The Pentagon has established a new committee dedicated to providing insight and ideas on space technologies, but

May 21, 2020

These eight satellites will track hypersonic weapons

C4ISRNET: The Space Development Agency wants to put an initial batch of satellites capable of tracking hypersonic weapons on orbit

May 21, 2020

263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command conducts after action review for COVID-19 response efforts

DVIDS: U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), South Carolina National

May 21, 2020

Space Leaders Plan for Missile Defense, Daily Ops

Air Force Magazine: Space stakeholders are moving forward with a new plan for missile defense, warning, and tracking after a

May 21, 2020

DOD’s Top Scientist Shoots Down Airborne Lasers for Missile Defense

Defense One: What’s needed, Griffin says, is more research into how to use weapons of various strengths in other kinds

May 20, 2020

US Navy issues new distance guidelines for vessels after close encounters with Iranian ships

Navy Times The U.S. Navy warned Tuesday it will take “lawful defensive measures” against vessels in the Mideast that come

May 20, 2020

Army Awards Lockheed $497M for Missile Post-Production Service Extension

Govconwire Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a two-year, $497.3M contract modification to continue providing post-production services for the U.S. Army’s missile

May 20, 2020

The Pentagon Tries to Pivot out of the Middle East—Again

Foreign Policy When the U.S. Defense Department announced, on May 7, that it would withdraw two Patriot missile batteries and

May 20, 2020

Key lawmaker urges Iron Dome deployment to Mideast

Defense News Sen. John Boozman is pressing the Pentagon to upend its plans for Iron Dome and deploy one battery

May 20, 2020

Don’t Use COVID As Excuse to Slash Defense Spending

Breaking Defense Even as many Americans huddle in their homes to avoid the coronavirus, our adversaries have continued to use