Missile Defense News

June 26, 2018

During Eielson visit, Defense Secretary Mattis highlights Alaska’s strategic military role

Alaska Public Media: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. military increasingly relies on Alaska, both to provide a

June 26, 2018

$866M contract sustains 6 missile warning radars

Santa Maria Times: PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. –The Air Force awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. June 1,

June 26, 2018

$1B radar system to detect missile threats planned for Oahu

Hamodia: HONOLULU-The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning to build a $1 billion radar system on the far western or

June 25, 2018

IDF: Patriot missile fired at incoming UAV from Syria, which retreats

Times of Israel: The Israel Defense Forces launched a Patriot interceptor missile at a drone that was heading toward Israeli

June 25, 2018

Future Navy weapons will need lots of power. That’s a huge engineering challenge.

Defense News: The Navy is convinced that the next generation of ships will need to integrate lasers, electromagnetic rail guns

June 25, 2018

Aerojet Rocketdyne gets $47 million contract for Stinger missile motors

Magnolia Reporter: Aerojet Rocketdyne of Camden has been awarded a $47,909,681 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of Stinger flight motors. The

June 25, 2018

Will US army adopt Iron Dome interceptor?

GLOBES: SkyHunter, a version of the Tamir, the interceptor missile of the Iron Dome missile defense system, is one of

June 22, 2018

One of these 3 missiles could be the Army’s pick to protect against indirect fires

Defense News: PARIS — The U.S. Army has awarded three $2.6 million contracts in the first phase of a program

June 22, 2018

Defense chief Itsunori Onodera seeks local consent to deploy land-based missile shield in Akita and Yamaguchi prefecture

The Japan times: YAMAGUCHI, Japan (Kyodo) — Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Friday sought to win local consent to deploy

June 21, 2018

If Trump is serious about addressing the Iranian ballistic missile threat, he should enhance multilateral missile defense cooperation with Gulf states

Brookings Institute: In May, President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action