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International interest growing for Army’s battle command system

As the Army prepares to field full-rate versions of its new battle command system to the first unit, international interest is heating up.

US Army working through challenges with laser weapons

The Army is grappling with how to fight with laser weapons, as well as how to easily repair them in the field and affordably make the systems.

Hensoldt unveils a deployable package of its Twinvis passive radar

The covert system promises the detection of aircraft optimized for stealth.

First flight test for Guam missile defense planned for end of 2024

The Missile Defense Agency is striving to kick off flight tests next year involving part of the architecture under design to defend Guam.

US Army ups the ante with yearslong campaign to test integrated fires

The Army is embarking on a new Integrated Fires Test Campaign that will bring together modernized capability over the next five years.

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Missile defense is at a major change point--so is the U.S. on the right track?

With missile defense in the U.S. changing rapidly, is the defense budget and U.S. planning on the right track? Jeff Martin talks with Tom Karako to find out.

Missile defense is changing--so what can the defense industry do?

What happens when a warhead hits a mountain at Mach 4?

Industry looking to the future of missile defense

Looking at a new version of the BMDS Architecture

How can missile defense do more with less?

NORAD commander: Space sensing layer critical to protecting North America

Army focusing on short-range missile threat on maneuver forces

First flight test for Guam missile defense planned for end of 2024

The Missile Defense Agency is striving to kick off flight tests next year involving part of the architecture under design to defend Guam.

By Jen Judson

US Army ups the ante with yearslong campaign to test integrated fires

The Army is embarking on a new Integrated Fires Test Campaign that will bring together modernized capability over the next five years.

By Jen Judson

Indirect Fires launchers on track amid supply chain challenges

The Army expects to receive 12 Indirect Fires Protection Capability prototypes from its developer, Dynetics, by the first of January in 2024.

By Jen Judson

US Army splits testing phase of future missile defense radar

The service plans to divide the testing program for the sensor's 360-degree tracking capability into two stages to keep things manageable.

By Jen Judson

Pentagon’s counter-drone office to demo swarm destruction in 2024

The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office will tackle drone swarms in its next quest to find a capability to counter the rising threat.

By Jen Judson

US Army plans to grow Patriot missile defense force

The Army will grow its Patriot air and missile defense units, but it will take time as the service faces forcewide recruiting challenges.

By Jen Judson

Industry teams near milestone to build novel US missile interceptor

The competition to build the Next-Generation Interceptor for homeland defense is reaching a critical milestone on time as designs advance.

By Jen Judson

What challenges will the next Missile Defense Agency director face?

The agency recently began building a robust air and missile defense architecture in Guam to protect the island from attack.

By Jen Judson

Finland is one step closer to getting David’s Sling missile shield

The U.S. government has granted an export request for the system, the Israeli defense ministry announced.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Northrop opens hypersonic propulsion manufacturing facility

The company will produce air-breathing propulsion systems to support a range of DoD programs at the 60,000 square foot facility.

By Courtney Albon

RTX, Rafael eye Arkansas site to make air defense missiles

The two companies toured a Camden, Arkansas, site where they may decide to build the Tamir and SkyHunter intercept weapons.

By Megan Eckstein

US Army command integrates new capabilities into Patriot forces

Defense News spoke with the head of the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, about deployments and authority transfers.

By Jen Judson

Boeing wins integration contract for homeland missile defense system

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded another piece of a contract to maintain and upgrade its Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.

By Jen Judson

US Army digs new sandbox for laser weapons

The Army's new Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory will help the service drive down cost and schedule risk in emerging laser weapons programs.

By Jen Judson

Space and Missile Defense

As the Army prepares to field full-rate versions of its new battle command system to the first unit, international interest is heating up.

The Army is grappling with how to fight with laser weapons, as well as how to easily repair them in the field and affordably make the systems.

The covert system promises the detection of aircraft optimized for stealth.

The Missile Defense Agency is striving to kick off flight tests next year involving part of the architecture under design to defend Guam.

The Army is embarking on a new Integrated Fires Test Campaign that will bring together modernized capability over the next five years.

With missile defense in the U.S. changing rapidly, is the defense budget and U.S. planning on the right track? Jeff Martin talks with Tom Karako to find out.

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The Missile Defense Agency is striving to kick off flight tests next year involving part of the architecture under design to defend Guam.

The Army is embarking on a new Integrated Fires Test Campaign that will bring together modernized capability over the next five years.

The Army expects to receive 12 Indirect Fires Protection Capability prototypes from its developer, Dynetics, by the first of January in 2024.

The service plans to divide the testing program for the sensor's 360-degree tracking capability into two stages to keep things manageable.

The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office will tackle drone swarms in its next quest to find a capability to counter the rising threat.

The Army will grow its Patriot air and missile defense units, but it will take time as the service faces forcewide recruiting challenges.

The competition to build the Next-Generation Interceptor for homeland defense is reaching a critical milestone on time as designs advance.

The agency recently began building a robust air and missile defense architecture in Guam to protect the island from attack.

The U.S. government has granted an export request for the system, the Israeli defense ministry announced.

The company will produce air-breathing propulsion systems to support a range of DoD programs at the 60,000 square foot facility.

The two companies toured a Camden, Arkansas, site where they may decide to build the Tamir and SkyHunter intercept weapons.

Defense News spoke with the head of the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, about deployments and authority transfers.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded another piece of a contract to maintain and upgrade its Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.

The Army's new Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory will help the service drive down cost and schedule risk in emerging laser weapons programs.

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