Missile Defense News

May 20, 2021

After more than a decade, agency to retire experimental missile warning satellites

C4ISRNET: The Missile Defense Agency will deorbit two experimental missile warning satellites in the next couple years, the director announced

May 20, 2021

NATO warships start major air and missile defence exercise

NATO – News: Europe’s biggest and most complex air and missile exercise gets underway on Saturday (15 May 2021) with

May 18, 2021

MDA: Test of DDG, Standard Missile-3 IIA a Good Start, But More Work Needed on Homeland Defense Mission

USNI News: The Missile Defense Agency proved that a Navy destroyer with a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA can stop a

May 18, 2021

MDA to Develop Next Generation Space-Based Hypersonic Weapon Sensors

ExecutiveGov: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has announced it will deorbit two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) experimental missile

May 18, 2021

U.S. Sixth Fleet and STRIKFORNATO Commence Complex Air and Missile Defense Exercise

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet: Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS) 2021, a live-fire integrated air and missile

May 18, 2021

MDA Releases Draft RFP for Missile Defense Integration, Test, & Readiness Support

GovCon Wire: The Missile Defense Agency has posted the first draft request for proposal for system integration, test, and readiness

May 18, 2021

Military brings construction materials, daily necessaries onto THAAD base

The Korea Herald: Construction materials and daily necessaries were brought onto the US THAAD missile defense base in South Korea

May 18, 2021

Iron Dome intercepts drone during combat for first time, says Israeli military

DefenseNews: Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system has intercepted a drone belonging to the Hamas militant group, a first for

May 18, 2021

Internal partners engage in missile defense exercise

DVIDS: On April 18, representatives from 20 partner nations and three international organizations across four continents collaborated on NIMBLE TITAN

May 13, 2021

Competition will speed up timeline to field next-gen homeland missile defense interceptor, MDA director says

DefenseNews: The Missile Defense Agency is aiming to get its first Next-Generation Interceptors to replace the current Ground-Based Interceptors that