Missile Defense News

October 2, 2018

Army Awards Northrop $289M For IBCS Missile Defense Network

Breaking Defense: The Army just gave Northrop Grumman a $289.3 million vote of confidence in its much-criticized IBCS missile defense

October 2, 2018

Blame a Spark Plug for U.S.-Japan Missile Failure, Pentagon Says

Bloomberg: A device that’s like a spark plug, not a design flaw, was behind the high-profile failure of a U.S.-Japanese

October 1, 2018

This laser could help Marines knock down drones on the FOB or on the move

The Marine Times: MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va., ― A counter-drone laser in use by the Army was on display here

September 28, 2018

IBCS tracks and engages air targets during three-week exercise

Jane’s 360: Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) has completed another round of Soldier

September 28, 2018

New research for space based Neutral Particle Beam (NPB) system

Next Big Future: Neutral beam accelerator technology was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A prototype neutral hydrogen beam weapon

September 28, 2018

Navy awards $9B to HII, Bath Iron Works for 10 DDG 51-class destroyers

UPI: Sept. 28 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has tapped two companies, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Bath Iron Works, to

September 27, 2018

Poland to acquire Patriot system under US Army’s $1.5bn FMS contract

Army Technology: Raytheon has secured a new Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract, worth more than $1.5bn, from the US Army

September 27, 2018

Russia Is Said to Plan Air-Defense Deal With India Next Week

Bloomberg: Russia is expected to sign a deal to supply advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to India next week during

September 26, 2018

MDA Plans Fiscal 2019 Missile Production Contract Award to Raytheon

ExecutiveBiz: The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Raytheon a five-year contract to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IIA all-up-rounds for

September 26, 2018

Pentagon withdrawing some missile defense systems from Mideast: report

The Hill: The Pentagon is removing missile defense systems from the Middle East as the U.S. ramps up its rhetoric