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October 17, 2018

The Present and Future of Layered Missile Defense

Breaking Defense: In the face of expanding global threats to U.S. national security from North Korea and elsewhere, layered missile

October 11, 2018

Missile Defense Agency Increases Funding for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Field Support

Signal: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $164,000,000 contract modification to a previously

October 4, 2018

SSL to Lead Development of US DOD Missile Defense Concepts

Via Satellite: SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, was selected through the Space Enterprise Consortium, managed by Advanced Technology International, to

October 3, 2018

Boeing to Lead Team in MDA Ballistic Missile Defense System Engineering

GovConWire: TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 2, 2018 — A Boeing-led (NYSE: BA) industry group called “National Team-Engineering” is set to

October 2, 2018

Blame a Spark Plug for U.S.-Japan Missile Failure, Pentagon Says

Bloomberg: A device that’s like a spark plug, not a design flaw, was behind the high-profile failure of a U.S.-Japanese

October 2, 2018

DoD hands out $7.54 billion in year-end contract bonanza

Defense News: WASHINGTON – The Pentagon handed out a whopping $7.54 billion in contracts the evening of Sept. 28, the

September 28, 2018

New research for space based Neutral Particle Beam (NPB) system

Next Big Future: Neutral beam accelerator technology was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A prototype neutral hydrogen beam weapon

September 26, 2018

MDA Plans Fiscal 2019 Missile Production Contract Award to Raytheon

ExecutiveBiz: The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Raytheon a five-year contract to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IIA all-up-rounds for

September 17, 2018

US Missile Defense Agency seeks controls for high G maneuvers for hypersonic interceptors

Next Big Future: The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will research aerodynamic controls capable of high G maneuvers for hypersonic

September 7, 2018

DARPA Starts Work On “Glide Breaker” Hypersonic Weapons Defense Project

The Drive: As the threat of hypersonic weapons continues to grow, one of the Pentagon’s top research and development arm