Missile Defense Agency asks industry for American ‘Iron Dome’ concepts
The agency's RFI seeks capabilities that can be deployed in "epochs" starting in 2026, and running in two year increments to "beyond" Dec. 31 2030.
Lockheed Martin advances Next-Gen Interceptor design work
The first Lockheed Martin NGI is forecast for delivery to the warfighter as early as fiscal 2027, according to the company.
Michigan: Arsenal of Democracy for dangerous times
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
Space Policy chief warns against ‘ridiculous’ testing aversion for new missile interceptor
"I would say the United States should prove to ourselves that we can shoot something down before we buy more of a thing," said DoD Assistant Secretary for Space Policy John Plumb. "So, fly before you buy, if fly includes shooting a missile down to prove that it works."
Northrop Grumman wins $3.3 billion homeland ballistic missile defense contract
The defense giant will integrate and modernize the weapons program for the Pentagon's intermediate and long-range Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.
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Transforming Missile Defense With Digital Twins
Smart tools and emerging technologies can deliver the Next-Gen Interceptor more affordably and faster than any other missile defense system.
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NGI Is The System The Nation Needs Now
To return GMD to a true deterrent, MDA must choose a partner with a track record of delivering across complex never fail missions. The nation deserves a partner who can leverage hit to kill technology, space programs, and strategic ballistic missiles capabilities and use them to modernize our missile defense in the face of an ever-persistent threat.
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Streamlining federal operations: achieving mission success with unified network observability
Consolidate network monitoring, performance management, and fault isolation into a single, comprehensive solution.
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Next-Gen Interceptor: A New Layer Of Missile Defense
A layered approach comprised of NGI, Aegis BMD and THAAD could be available in the mid to late-2020s, which strengthens our defense against a rogue state missile attack.
Pentagon Cancels Multi-Billion $ Boeing Missile Defense Program
Scrapping Boeing's Redesigned Kill Vehicle program -- which was put on hold in March -- will kick off a new effort to build a modernized generation of ballistic missile interceptors.
Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay
What happens when the Pentagon's new ballistic missile defeat program doesn't work? They keep using the old one, which has a spotty track record.
GMD Missile Defense Hits ICBM Target, Finally
WASHINGTON: Two days after North Korea’s latest missile launch, the US conducted a successful test of its homeland missile defense system for the first time in almost three years. Codenamed FTG-15, today’s event was also the system’s first test ever against an “ICBM-class” target, as opposed to lesser surrogates, the Missile Defense Agency announced. The painful […]
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Cybersecurity skills don’t come from a manual, but from practical hands-on training
Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
Missile Defense R&D Getting Short Shrift: CSIS
UPDATE MDA Deputy says transfer talks with services “making progress” WASHINGTON: Long-range R&D for missile defense is being squeezed by near-term needs, warns a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. The problem? The duties of the Missile Defense Agency keep expanding even as its budget shrinks. CSIS’s solution? Reform MDA in either […]
47 Seconds From Hell: Last-Ditch Robotic Missile Defense
WASHINGTON: In a report out this morning, CSBA scholars Bryan Clark and Mark Gunzinger argue that we don’t just need new technology and new tactics to confront the growing missile threats from China and Russia, though lasers, railguns, and hypervelocity projectiles are all useful. We need a different missile defense mindset than what we have today, one that trusts […]
Dems May Refuse To Support HASC NDAA: Our Markup Preview
WASHINGTON: Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, wants to boost funding for readiness and modernization and he’s using a budgeting gimmick in the defense policy bill to do it that is prompting much head shaking. (A similar gimmick led to a short-lived presidential veto last year). Colin’s bet is that, should the Senate […]
Issues To Watch At Space & Missile Defense Conference: Heritage
Monday marks the beginning of the Army-centric Space and Missile Defense Symposium, an annual conference in Huntsville, Ala. Here are a few topics likely to generate conference buzz. Missile Defense The Obama administration’s 2016 budget request for missile defense investments went up slightly to $9.6 billion for missile defense development and operations, of which $8.1 billion is for the Missile Defense […]