Missile Defense News

March 15, 2019

Where are the laser-armed drones? Missile Defense Review wish list missing from MDA’s budget

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $9.4 billion budget request for fiscal 2020 — while slightly smaller

March 14, 2019

Marines Lay Out Plans For Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force In New Budget Request

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking to buy its first ever MQ-9 Reaper drones in the 2020 fiscal year, which

March 14, 2019

Intel firm: Satellite images back report of new Iranian missile plant in Syria

Times of Israel – New satellite images give credence to reports that a new factory in Syria’s northwest is a

March 14, 2019

USS Gonzalez to Deploy Before Rest of Lincoln Carrier Strike Group

Military.com – A destroyer that’s part of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln’s strike group is scheduled to deploy earlier

March 14, 2019

CORRECTED-U.S. missile defense budget cut as North Korea pushes ahead

(Reuters) – Just when it looks like North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may restart his ballistic missile testing program,

March 13, 2019

Building Out the US and Allied Aegis Integrated Defense Capability: The Japanese Add to the Deterrent Force

SLD – The enhanced capability of the US and allied navies is coming not just from platforms but from kill

March 13, 2019

U.S. defense budget favors Navy shipbuilding, fewer Boeing tanker jets

US News – U.S. President Donald Trump’s $750-billion defense budget includes more money to build ships, fulfilling a campaign promise

March 13, 2019

Pentagon budget 2020: More homeland missile defence interceptors, but RKV delayed

The White House’s proposed USD9.431 billion fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) budget for the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) includes

March 13, 2019

Army missile defense has atrophied. Here’s what is happening to beef it up

Army Times – As the Army looks to its near future, senior leaders see clearly that they can no longer

March 12, 2019

U.S. says North Korea diplomacy ‘very much alive,’ but it’s watching rocket site

(Reuters) – The chief U.S. envoy for North Korea said on Monday that “diplomacy is still very much alive” with