SMD Symposium 2025

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has reached the acceptance and certification phase of the latest update to its Standard Missile 6 Sea-Based Terminal system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
NASA sees its work on RDRE technology as one of several areas to contribute to the future Golden Dome for America architecture, an agency official says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Traditional solid rocket heavy hitters L3Harris and Northrop Grumman have recently spent their own money to expand their facilities,
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The BAE Systems Hyper Velocity Projectile initially was destined for U.S. Navy destroyers, before that plan was canceled and the Pentagon handed it over to the U.S. Army
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The company is expecting the requirement to go above the current 650 annual rate, having been asked to evaluate numbers as high as 2,000 per year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The restarted production of the U.S. Army’s FIM-92 Stinger is progressing after more than two decades of dormancy.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
Lockheed Martin has completed environmental testing for the first of two new missile warning satellites built for the U.S. Space Force, a company official said Aug. 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is speeding up fielding of its new Integrated Battle Command System for air and missile defense in Europe.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command will in the next three months release a new long-term strategy guiding its modernization.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
In 2025, “sustained space maneuver” has been added to Spacecom's top five focus areas, its commander says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military and several key allies have developed the first multinational concept of operations for space domain awareness.
Operations & Safety

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Defense

By Vivienne Machi
Moving a satellite from the ground to orbit in hours offers a new edge in space deterrence.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Missile Defense Agency is looking for fresh options to develop a theater-based ground radar that would support the nascent Golden Dome for America program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The new leader of the Golden Dome for America initiative has two months to deliver a baseline architecture outlining the future missile defense capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons