Missile Defense News

April 6, 2020

Surface Forces: Burke Rebuild Busted

Strategy Page In early 2020 the U.S. Navy announced that it could not afford to refurbish dozens of older destroyers.

April 6, 2020

The National Guard’s 100th Missile Defense Brigade mans Vandenberg’s missiles

Santa Maria Times Soldiers of the 100th Missile Defense Brigade were stationed at their consoles on March 25, 2019, standing

April 3, 2020

Missile Defense Agency to inject competition into homeland missile defense contract

Defense News The U.S. Missile Defense Agency plans to hold a competition that could split up the work among contractors

March 31, 2020

Raytheon to deliver SM-3 interceptors to US Missile Defense Agency

Naval Technology Raytheon has secured a $2.1bn contract from the US Missile Defense Agency to produce and deliver Standard Missile-3

March 31, 2020

US deploys extra Patriot missiles to Iraq amid troop drawdown

Middle East Eye The United States has deployed Patriot air defence systems to an Iraqi military base as a precaution

March 31, 2020

Hawaii defense is the key in upcoming ICBM shoot-down test

Stars and Stripes As North Korea continues to fire off rockets, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said

March 30, 2020

MDAs Future Debated As Space Force Rises

BreakingDefense WASHINGTON: Senior DoD officials and top military leaders currently are pondering how to organize future missile defense acquisition, including

March 27, 2020

USS Ramage (DDG-61) Returns from Deployment

Dvids The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) returned to Norfolk Naval Station today, marking the end of a deployment

March 27, 2020

Raytheon, Aerojet Ink $1B, 5-Year Standard Missile Deal

Breaking Defense Raytheon Missile Systems has signed a $1 billion deal with Aerojet Rocketdyne for provision of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s propulsion

March 26, 2020

Mitsubishi wins contract to sell air radar system to Philippines

The Asahi Shimbun In the first sale of full defense equipment under Japan’s “three principles of arms transfer,” approved in