Missile Defense News

January 5, 2021

New in 2021: The Army’s Project Convergence scales up

Army Times:   An ambitious project that could be the fulcrum for how the Army and other services leverage the

January 5, 2021

Update: Raytheon readies for initial flight test of baseline AMRAAM-ER design

Janes.com:   Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) is expected to conduct the first flight test of its baseline surface-launched variant

January 4, 2021

Future USS Daniel Inouye completes builder’s trials

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet:   The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) successfully completed builder’s trials, Dec. 19, after spending

January 4, 2021

Russian Defense Ministry expects S-500 air defense system to enter service in 2021

TASS Russian News Agency:   Russia plans to complete the trials of its state-of-the-art S-500 surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system and

January 4, 2021

Army Brings Space Capabilities Down to Earth

SIGNAL Magazine:   The benefits of space are being delivered to the ground-based warfighter in greater degrees, as the Army

January 4, 2021

The US Army faces a threat from the air that the Air Force can’t stop. Here’s how it’s trying to defend itself

Business Insider:   The recent six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Karabakh region left nearly 6,000 troops

January 4, 2021

Report to Congress on Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense

USNI News:   The following is the Dec. 23, 2020, Congressional Research Service report Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)

January 4, 2021

MDA secures partial win for No. 1 unfunded priority: more SM-3 Block IIA interceptors

Inside Defense:   The Missile Defense Agency has secured a more than $200 million boost for the Standard Missile-3 Block

January 4, 2021

Russia is planning to flight test new missile with a range of 6,200 miles and capable of destroying an area the size of France

Daily Mail Online:   Russia is planning to flight test its new intercontinental ballistic missile which it claims is capable

January 4, 2021

Navy arms destroyers with new drone, aircraft, and missile defenses

Fox News:   Attacking enemy cruise missiles, fighter jets, helicopters, and longer-range high-altitude ballistic missiles all present substantial threats to

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