U.S. Missile Defense Agency

By Matthew Fulco
Concordia Technologies has been involved in missile and hypersonic weapons programs led by the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A market survey released on Oct. 10 by the MDA calls for industry to submit ideas for “low-cost interceptors.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The lack of major obvious damage again showed that Israeli and U.S. missile defenses intercepted the most dangerous incoming missiles from Iran.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Aerojet will supply the first stage and the advanced, reignitable upper stages for the hit-to-kill GPI.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi, Steve Trimble
The U.S. and Japan have chosen Northrop Grumman to continue development of a new long-range hypersonic defense system known as the glide phase interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Management asserts that the $4.7 billion deal will lead to growth in new markets while investors are keen to see a payoff.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The Houthi missile did not appear to be intercepted over Israeli territory after slipping through Israel’s long-range ballistic missile defenses.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Army and Air Force leaders are discussing options for protecting dispersed bases from air and missile attacks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The new configuration increases first-stage peak thrust levels by more than half compared to Trident C4 version, but the thrust upgrade is a secondary goal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The resilient missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) in the MEO Epoch 2 constellation could include up to 18 satellites.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The MDA has already fielded what it calls the second increment of the SM-6 Sea Based Terminal.
SMD Symposium

By Brian Everstine
The data is driving quick-turn software improvements to ships at sea and will also help inform the Aegis-based defense of Guam, officials say.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
MDA’s push to speed up the program, spurred by congressional influence, includes a fielding date of 2028.
SMD Symposium

By Steve Trimble
The dual-thrust solid rocket motor for BlueHalo’s Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) completed several rounds of testing since being selected by the Army,
Missile Defense & Weapons

Readers write about curbing air travel, airborne lasers, the Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 757 and Mars exploration. Plus: Behind the Scenes at Farnborough and Oshkosh.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
The Government Accountability Office, in a report on NGI released June 26, says the agency is making progress developing the system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Missile Defense Agency reports it has launched a Hypersonic Testbed to demonstrate a new experimental testing platform.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Innovation Unit launched a competition on June 14 on the Navy’s behalf, calling for written responses to an urgent request in two weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The agency proposes a major revamp of the U.S. Army’s most advanced theater-level interceptor 16 years after the first battery was activated.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Following multiple failed attempts, the agency says airborne laser technology has evolved enough to deserve another shot.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Missile Defense Agency will within a week conduct its first test of its new space-based hypersonic missile tracking system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has taken over operations of its new missile defense radar in Alaska, which is also tracking objects on orbit for the Space Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Cost is becoming an increasing challenge to missile defense systems, even as Israel’s success against Iran shows the value of the capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency seeks to field an “interim capability” against hypersonic glide vehicles by 2029 as the Glide Phase Interceptor slides to 2035.
Missile Defense & Weapons