Missile Defense News

October 3, 2018

Navy orders SM-6 shipboard air-defense missiles

Military Aerospace: WASHINGTON – Missile designers at Raytheon Co. will provide the U.S. Navy with shipboard air-defense missiles under terms

October 3, 2018

Trump administration lauds start of Obama-era Israel defense package

The Times of Israel: WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday said an agreement to provide Israel with $38 billion

October 2, 2018

Raytheon To Supply Patriot Missile Sweep 9 Modification Kits To Taiwan For $35 Million

Defense World: Raytheon has won a $35 million contract to procure Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target (PATRIOT)

October 2, 2018

Army Working to Fill Air-and-Missile Defense Gaps

National Defense Magazine: After nearly two decades of fighting insurgents on the ground, the Army is turning its attention to

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