Missile Defense News

March 7, 2018

Hypersonics ‘highest technical priority’ for Pentagon R&D head

Defense News: WASHINGTON ― As China and Russia threaten to overtake the U.S. with new technologies, development of hypersonic capabilities is

March 7, 2018

Missile defense failure might prove a good thing for SM-3 IIA in the long run, says MDA head

Defense News: WASHINGTON – The director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency is “confident” the recent missile intercept test failure does

March 6, 2018

Long-delayed German missile defense deal with Lockheed, MBDA expected by year’s end

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The long-delayed German medium range air-and-missile defense deal with Lockheed Martin and MBDA is expected to

March 6, 2018

Northrop to Develop Ballistic Missile Defense Discrimination Algorithms Under $475M MDA Contract

GovConWire: Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential five-year, $475 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to develop,

March 6, 2018

Report: Army Eyes Expanded Mission for Integrated Air & Missile Defense Battle Command System

ExecutiveGov: The U.S. Army aims to expand operations of the battle command system of its future Integrated Air and Missile

March 5, 2018

US revising missile defense policy to include threats from Russia, China: Report

Asia Times: The Pentagon is reportedly working on an expanded US missile defense policy that addresses specific regional threats from Russia

March 2, 2018

The Latest: White House: US defense capability ‘2nd to none’

AP News: The White House says U.S. defense capabilities “are and will remain second to none” as it responds to

March 2, 2018

Pentagon looks to adjust missile defense policy to include threats from Russia, China

Stars and Stripes: WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is working on an expanded U.S. missile defense policy that would address

March 1, 2018

US Strategic Command chief: It’s taking way too long to get space-based missile defense

Defense News: WASHINGTON — While the past year has been filled with talk of doing more to develop missile defense

March 1, 2018

‘Drop It on Their Heads’: StratCom’s Launch-Phase Missile Defense Plan

Military.com: The nation needs directed-energy weapons — lasers, particle beams, microwaves — to take out enemy ballistic missiles on launch,