Missile Defense News

November 14, 2018

Pentagon to boost laser investments for missile defense

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Defense Department is planning to increase investments in directed-energy systems used for missile defense

November 13, 2018

WATCH: Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense in action

World Israel News: he IDF deployed the Iron Dome defense system to protect its citizens from a barrage of over

November 13, 2018

Bath Iron Works starts construction of USS Patrick Gallagher

UPI: Nov. 12 (UPI) — Construction of DDG 127, to be christened the USS Patrick Gallagher, has started at General

November 13, 2018

Decades after ‘Star Wars,’ Pentagon looks back to the future on missile defense

Washington Post: More than three decades ago, Michael D. Griffin was at the center of the military’s “Star Wars” initiative,

November 9, 2018

Raytheon Gets $73M Modification on Missile Guidance Electronics Tech Contract

Executive Biz: Raytheon has received a $72.8M contract modification to perform integration, test and qualification work on an updated guidance electronics unit for

November 9, 2018

Avenger and Sentinel Advanced Gunnery validates SHORAD capabilities on the Korean Peninsula

DVIDS: The “Silent Archers” of Echo Battery, 6-52 Air and Missile Defense Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense

November 8, 2018

DARPA seeks to counter enemy hypersonic threats

Military Aerospace: ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are kicking off a project to develop enabling technologies to counter the

November 7, 2018

Don’t dumb down this US Army radar

Defense News: Press reports and statements from U.S. Army leadership suggest that omnidirectional capability for the Lower Tier Air and

November 6, 2018

BAE to receive $45.9M for Mk 41 Vertical Launch System engineering

UPI: Nov. 5 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land & Armaments $45.9 million for mechanical design

November 6, 2018

RAN’s HMAS Hobart tests communications capability with USS John Finn

Naval Technology: The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) first Hobart-class guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has tested communications capabilities with the US