Missile Defense News

January 8, 2021

IRAN CONDUCTS TEST OF ‘KAMIKAZE DRONES’ DURING LARGE MILITARY EXERCISE

SOFREP:   The Iranian armed forces are conducting a sizable exercise with domestically-produced drones. This is the first time that

January 8, 2021

HII Begins Fabrication Of DDG 51 Flight III Destroyer Jeremiah Denton

Naval News:   DDG 129 will be the third Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built in the Flight III configuration by HII

January 8, 2021

Space Development Agency restores L3Harris, SpaceX contracts following protest

SpaceNews:   Following a series of contract protests, the Space Development Agency again awarded SpaceX a $149 million contract and

January 8, 2021

Exclusive: How the Space Force foiled an Iranian missile attack with a critical early warning

Defense News:   One year ago, on the night of Jan. 7, 2020, Americans were shocked to learn that Iran

January 7, 2021

MDA Plans to Tap Lockheed for Ballistic Missile Defense Tech Integration Services

ExecutiveBiz:   The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control business a sole-source contract to

January 7, 2021

IDF deploys Iron Dome missile defense system to Eilat to combat terrorist threat

i24NEWS:   The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed the Iron Dome missile defense system on Wednesday in Eilat, the country’s

January 7, 2021

North Korea’s Kim vows to boost nuclear-armed country’s ‘defense capabilities’

The Japan Times:   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the second day of a rare ruling-party congress that

January 7, 2021

SMC, SDA Missile Warning Sat Ground Systems Won’t ‘Talk’

Breaking Defense:   The $4.9 billion contract to produce three Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) missile warning satellites seems

January 6, 2021

Iron Dome Heads For Key US Integration Test

Breaking Defense:   The U.S. Army’s second battery of the Iron Dome missile defense system is en route from Israel

January 6, 2021

MDA Confirms New Schedule For RGPWS Solicitation

Aviation Week Network:   A draft solicitation for a new hypersonic missile interceptor will be released on Jan. 28 and

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