Missile Defense News

June 15, 2016

Italian SAMP/T unit arrives in Turkey

Janes: An Italian Eurosam SAMP/T (Sol-Air Moyenne Portée/Terrestre) long-range air-defence unit has arrived in southern Turkey’s Kahramamaras province as part

June 15, 2016

USS Coronado Completes IOT&E Test Events With Successful SeaRAM Shots

USNI News: The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) demonstrated its ability to defend itself against anti-ship cruise missiles in

June 15, 2016

U.S. Senate OKs amendment requiring annual missile defense tests

NewsMiner: A military budget bill with a requirement for increased missile interceptor tests passed the U.S. Senate Tuesday. U.S. Sen.

June 15, 2016

France and Italy Team Up for Aster 30 Missile

UPI: PARIS, June 14 (UPI) — Italy is teaming with France on the development of the Aster 30 Block 1

June 14, 2016

MDA announces GMD EIS public meetings in Michigan

Inside Defense: The Missile Defense Agency today announced plans to hold a pair of public, open-house meetings on June 21

June 13, 2016

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency Will Test-Fire its New Larger SM-3IIA Interceptor Missile in Space

Scout.com: The Missile Defense Agency and Raytheon plan to fire a new SM-3 missile variant into space to destroy an

June 13, 2016

Baltic States, Poland Discuss Regional Antiaircraft Missile Shield

Radio Free Europe: The Baltic states and Poland have reportedly launched discussions with defense contractors about the creation of a

June 10, 2016

Army Lasers Will Soon Destroy Enemy Mortars, Artillery, Drones and Cruise Missiles

Scout Warrior: The Army is planning to deploy laser weapons able to protect Forward Operating Bases (FOB) by rapidly incinerating

June 10, 2016

Defense ministry demands 5.3% increase in defense budget for 2017

Yonhap: The Ministry of National Defense has demanded a 5.3 percent on-year increase in its defense budget for 2017 as

June 10, 2016

Boeing expanding Missile Seeker program

Redstone Alabama: More jobs will soon be coming to the area as Boeing announced plans to expand the Patriot Advanced