Missile Defense News

March 25, 2020

Lockheed Wins $933M To Build THAADs For US, Saudi Arabia

Defense World Lockheed Martin has won a $932.8 million contract for the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

March 25, 2020

New Army Technology Can Track & Destroy Maneuvering Cruise Missiles

Warrior Maven (Washington, D.C.) Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds

March 25, 2020

US Army to soon wrap up early testing of short-range air defense system

DefenseNews WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will wrap up developmental testing of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system by June,

March 24, 2020

USS Roosevelt Leaves for Homeport Shift to Spain

USNI News Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) started a planned homeport shift to Rota, Spain from Mayport, Fla., over the

March 24, 2020

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs

USNI News The Navy began procuring Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers, also known as Aegis destroyers, in FY1985, and a

March 24, 2020

An Increasingly Aggressive Iran Warrants New Emphasis on Missile, Rocket Defense

RealClearDefense On March 11, about 30 rockets rained down on Taji Air Base in central Iraq, killing two American troops

March 23, 2020

U.S. Navy Cruiser USS Shiloh Launches SM-2 Missile During Live-Fire Exercise

DefPost The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) has launched a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) telemetry surface-to-air

March 23, 2020

Why The Pentagon’s THAAD Missile Defense System Is Becoming Critical To Protection Of The U.S. Homeland

Forbes The coronavirus crisis is a reminder that catastrophes sometimes befall civilization with little or no warning. U.S. policymakers can

March 19, 2020

JMSDF Commissions First-Of-Class AEGIS Destroyer DDG-179 JS Maya まや

Naval News Launched on July 30th 2018 from the JMU Shipyard in Yokohama, the JS Maya is the first of a new

March 19, 2020

InDyne to upgrade, maintain, and operate long-range missile-defense radar system

Military & Aerospace Electronics PETERSON AFB, Colo. – Radar experts at InDyne Inc. will maintain, upgrade, and operate a global distributed radar