Missile Defense News

June 29, 2020

Northrop Grumman receives $222 million contract to update aging missile-warning satellites

SpaceNews Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $222.5 million contract for technology upgrades to the Defense Support Program, a constellation

June 29, 2020

India-China row: India moves missile system into Ladakh

AA India on Saturday deployed advanced quick-reaction surface-to-air missile defense systems, called Akash, on its borders with China in the

June 29, 2020

Raytheon Missiles and Defense awarded production contract for missile defense radars

Army Recognition Raytheon Missiles & Defense received a $2.3 billion U.S. Missile Defense Agency production contract for seven gallium nitride

June 26, 2020

HASC Chairman adds $150 million in NDAA for space launch technology development

SpaceNews The House Armed Services Committee next week will mark up the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Chairman Adam Smith

June 26, 2020

Hypersonic Cruise Missiles Pose Greatest Area Defense Threat

Signal Cruise missiles are a serious threat challenging defensive systems, and advances in hypersonic design and performance promise to make

June 26, 2020

SMDC leader speaks at MDAA roundtable

DVIDS Military leaders gathered virtually with the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance to discuss their roles in global missile defense and

June 26, 2020

Senate lawmakers want report on Army air and missile defense

Inside Defense The Senate Armed Services Committee is seeking a classified report on the Army’s integrated air and missile defense

June 26, 2020

Japan confirms it’s scrapping US missile defense system

DefenseNews Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems

June 26, 2020

Iraqi forces raid Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah base, 14 arrested

Aljazeera Iraqi security forces have raided a base belonging to a powerful Iran-backed armed group in southern Baghdad and detained

June 26, 2020

U.S. Army advanced defense system successfully intercepted tactical ballistic missile

Defence Blog Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has reported that the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement,