Missile Defense News

October 6, 2017

Get Lasers Into the Field Faster, Lawmakers Tell the Pentagon

Defense One: The Senate’s version of the annual defense bill provides $200 million for rapid prototyping of directed energy weapons.

October 6, 2017

Lockheed Martin To Test Low Power Laser from UAV

Defense World: Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $9.4 million contract for the Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) that aims

October 6, 2017

Conservatives Want Canada To Join Ballistic Missile Defense

The Daily Caller: Canada’s official opposition Conservatives say it’s time Canada joined the U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) system. Conservative

October 5, 2017

U.S. approves missile sale to Japan amid North Korea threat

Japan Times: WASHINGTON – The United States approved the sale of 56 advanced medium-range missiles to Japan for an estimated

October 5, 2017

Vencore to Support First Task Order on Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration Contract From the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Business Insider: CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vencore, Inc., announced today that as a partner of the QWK

October 4, 2017

U.S. Missile Defense Gets $400 Million After North Korea Threat

Bloomberg: Congressional defense committees have approved shifting more than $400 million from other accounts into missile defense programs to clear

October 4, 2017

Lockheed Martin Wins $80M Deal to Strengthen Missile Defense

Zacks: Defense bellwether Lockheed Martin Corporations’s business segment, Space Systems, recently secured a contract for conducting the Airborne Launch Control System

October 4, 2017

Australia to fit 9 new warships with US-built anti-missile defense systems to counter ‘rogue states’

RT: Australia’s nine new war ships, set for construction in 2020, will be armed with American-built Aegis combat management systems,

October 3, 2017

Shiny New Trophy: US Tanks to Be Equipped with Israeli Anti-Missile System

Sputnik News: The US military will be installing the Israeli-built Trophy Active Protection System (APS) meant to intercept and destroy

October 3, 2017

Australia to fit warships with anti-missile defense systems

Reuters: SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday nine war ships set for construction in 2020