Missile Defense News

December 22, 2016

Japan’s Cabinet approves spending on US missiles, surveillance drone

Stars and Stripes: The Japanese Cabinet has approved new spending on missile-defense systems jointly developed with the United States as

December 22, 2016

Orbital ATK : Launches Next Generation of Short-Range Targets

4-Traders: Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced the successful demonstration of the

December 22, 2016

94th AAMDC’s priorities include theater security cooperation

Hawaii Army Weekly: The 94th Army Air and Missile Command continues to provide joint and combined theater air and missile

December 20, 2016

Czech Republic Buys Israeli Radar Systems. Fiasco of the Joint V4 Project

Defence24: Martin Stropnický, Czech Defence Minister, announced that the Czech Army has decided to acquire eight Israeli airspace monitoring radars

December 20, 2016

US ground forces communication with Space-Based IR Satellites

Space Daily: The US military tested the latest version of the ground-based Joint Tactical Ground System (JTAGS) that communicates with

December 20, 2016

U.S. Navy test fires Raytheon SM-6 missile at sea

UPI: The U.S. Navy fired two Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 missiles to intercept incoming medium-range ballistic missile targets during a recent

December 16, 2016

Air Force greenlights SBIRS ground system

C4ISR: The Air Force has accepted Lockheed Martin’s upgraded ground system for Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning satellites.

December 15, 2016

Raytheon to perform additional SM-3 Block IIA missile work

UPI: Raytheon has received a $68 million contract modification for continued Standard Missile-3 Block IIA engineering. The modification, awarded for

December 15, 2016

MDA conducts SM-6 MRBM intercept test

MDA News: The Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), an Aegis baseline 9.C1 equipped

December 14, 2016

Qatari long-range radar procurement moves forward

IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly: Qatar and the United States have reached an agreement on the former’s acquisition of a long-range