Space and Missile Defense
New upgrades are afoot for the Command Control Battle Management and Communications system linking missile defense capability globally.
After problems in Poland and the need for more survivable missile defense systems, the idea of a more transportable Aegis Ashore system could be back on the table.
In an exclusive interview at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium, Gen. James Dickinson, the first commander of U.S. Space Command, talks about where he is in a drive toward full operational capability and the challenges he faces in establishing the new organization.
A Northrop Grumman team competing to integrate a 50-kilowatt laser onto a Stryker combat vehicle ran into issues ahead of a combat shoot-off this summer, which resulted in an early exit from the program.
The Missile Defense Agency is focused on developing a Glide Phase Interceptor and is working toward a system requirements review later this year.
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The demonstration will help the agency reduce background noise and detect hypersonic weapons from space.
As the Joint Requirements Oversight Council continues to shape requirements needed to execute a new warfighting concept, it is planning to tackle integrated air-and-missile defense strategy.
Space Force leaders are hashing out a plan to create a new group under U.S. Central Command to coordinate what military space assets to use in the region.
The Army and Navy are preparing to conduct a second flight test of their hypersonic glide body, a critical milestone in the development of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon.
The service is laser-focused on bringing the Integrated Battle Command System through an initial operational test set to begin next month.
An increase in counterspace weapons is challenging the military's approach of placing all of its billion-dollar eggs (exquisite satellites) in one basket (far-out geosynchronous orbit).
Congress has renewed its push for answers on the Pentagon's murky plans to develop a layered ballistic missile defense for the continental United States.
Lawmakers are demanding the Missile Defense Agency produce a detailed plan for a missile defense capability for Guam that can defeat future threats.
The new space continues NGA's investment in St. Louis as a GEOINT hub.
The House Appropriations Committee is cutting a chunk out of the Missile Defense Agency's funding to set up a more robust missile defense architecture to defend Guam.
Army Space and Missile Defense Command is now officially the Army service component command to U.S. Space Command.
Find out how the Army's most recent IBCS live-fire test went, and see footage a Black Dagger target missile launch.
To carve out a path for a layered defense of the homeland, the Missile Defense Agency is looking to an upcoming test of the SM-3 Block II missile and advanced development of engagement coordination.
The Army is building zombies — threat-representative ballistic missile targets for tests using recycled hardware — and it's saving the service cash.
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