Missile Defense News

April 23, 2020

Aligning America’s ends and means in the Indo-Pacific

Defense News The U.S. combatant command responsible for the Indo-Pacific region warned in a report last month that it lacks the resources

April 21, 2020

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has higher-range anti-warship missiles

Defense News  Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard announced Monday that it has significantly upgraded the range of its anti-warship missiles, the

April 21, 2020

Defense Department study calls for cutting 2 of the US Navy’s aircraft carriers

Defense News An internal Office of the Secretary of Defense assessment calls for the Navy to cut two aircraft carriers from its

April 17, 2020

Key Republican proposes $6B to counter China in Indo-Pacific

The Hill The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee is proposing a new fund focused on countering China

April 16, 2020

Thornberry wants $6 billion this year to launch counter-China fund

DefenseNews WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee will release a proposal Thursday to formally create

April 16, 2020

DRS Laurel to build 59 more AN/SPQ-9B shipboard missile-defense radar systems for cruisers and destroyers

Military & Aerospace Electronics U.S. Navy missile-defense experts are asking the DRS Laurel Technologies segment of Leonardo DRS in Johnstown, Pa., to

April 16, 2020

Destroyer USS Roosevelt Now in Europe, USS Porter Operating in Black Sea

USNI News Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is now operating in U.S. 6th Fleet as the newest hull in a

April 14, 2020

JADC2 Needs To Change Course: More C2, Less Comms

Breaking Defense Unless DoD puts the C2 back into JADC2, the multi-billion dollar effort meant to transform how America fights

April 13, 2020

L3Harris to begin pre-launch work on ‘Wide Field of View’ missile defense satellite

SpaceNews WASHINGTON — A U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite, six years in the works, is nearly completed. The company

April 13, 2020

US Officials: Missile Defense Systems Now Operating in Iraq

Military.com New air defense systems are now protecting American and allied forces at military bases in Iraq where troops have