Missile Defense News

January 4, 2018

India’s Advanced Air Defense Interceptor Destroys Incoming Ballistic Missile in Test

The Diplomat: India has successfully test fired its indigenously designed and built Advanced Air Defense (AAD)/ Ashvin Advanced Defense interceptor

December 22, 2017

Spending bill allocates $200M for Fort Greely interceptors

KTOO Public Media: Congress passed a short-term spending bill today that includes one longer-term project for Alaska: the bill allocates

December 22, 2017

Japan Cabinet OKs record $46 bln defense budget

AP News: TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Friday approved Japan’s biggest 5.19 trillion yen ($46 billion) defense

December 22, 2017

$4.6B for missile defense, damaged Navy ships included in stopgap spending bill

The Hill: The stopgap spending measure passed by the House on Thursday includes slightly more than $4.6 billion for missile

December 21, 2017

U.S. House unveils new stop-gap funding bill to avert shutdown

Thomson Reuters Foundation News: WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday advanced legislation to keep

December 21, 2017

DDG-51 Flight III Design Efforts Nearly Complete; Radar, Power Systems Testing in 2018

USNI News: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program office has completed 3D modeling of its Flight III

December 21, 2017

S. Korean Army to form weaponized drone unit next year

Yonhap News Agency: SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s Army will create a combat unit of weaponized drones next

December 19, 2017

Lockheed Martin Inks $110Mln For Development of New Anti-Air Defense Missile

Sputnik News: The US Department of Defense said in a press release that Lockheed Martin has received a $110-million contract

December 19, 2017

Japan approves introduction of Aegis Ashore missile defense system amid North Korea threat

The Japan Times: The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday approved the installation of two land-based Aegis Ashore

December 18, 2017

Trump to Boost U.S. Missile Defense to Combat Iranian, N. Korean WMD Threats

The Washington Free Beacon: The Trump administration will designate domestic U.S. missile defense as a “priority action” as part of