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Lockheed: New missile defense system upgrades will produce more comprehensive battlefield picture

New upgrades are afoot for the Command Control Battle Management and Communications system linking missile defense capability globally.

Missile Defense Agency director wants less complex, more mobile Aegis Ashore

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.

Dickinson: US Space Command is on ‘good glide path’ to full operational capability

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.

Northrop bows out of competition to build laser weapon for Strykers

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 Russian Zircon hypersonic cruise missile is launched from the Admiral Groshkov frigate on Oct. 7, 2020, in the White Sea.

Missile Defense Agency dials up the speed in quest for hypersonic interceptor

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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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?

Space Development Agency launches experimental infrared sensor into orbit

The demonstration will help the agency reduce background noise and detect hypersonic weapons from space.

By Nathan Strout

Pentagon readies to identify integrated air and missile defense capability gaps

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.

By Jen Judson

Col. Todd Benson, the U.S. Air Forces Central Command director of space forces, leads airmen through their enlistment ceremony as they become members of the Space Force at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Sept. 1, 2020. The Space Force is the United States' newest service in more than 70 years. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force)

Space Force planning for new component in the Middle East alongside AFCENT

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.

By Rachel S. Cohen

Next flight test of hypersonic glide body expected by year’s end

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.

By Jen Judson

US Army’s critical missile defense system will play role at Project Convergence

The service is laser-focused on bringing the Integrated Battle Command System through an initial operational test set to begin next month.

By Jen Judson

Anti-satellite weapons push military to rethink where it puts missile sentinels in space

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).

By Nathan Strout

How will the Pentagon close the homeland missile defense gap?

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.

By Jen Judson

Lawmakers demand clearer picture for Guam missile defense plans

Lawmakers are demanding the Missile Defense Agency produce a detailed plan for a missile defense capability for Guam that can defeat future threats.

By Jen Judson

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency opens new lab for unclassified collaboration

The new space continues NGA's investment in St. Louis as a GEOINT hub.

By Nathan Strout

House appropriators fund Hawaii missile defense radar, but cut dollars for Guam

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.

By Jen Judson

US Army Space and Missile Defense Command firms up role with new space organization

Army Space and Missile Defense Command is now officially the Army service component command to U.S. Space Command.

By Jen Judson

US Army’s future missile defense command system nearly simultaneously defeats cruise, ballistic missile threats

Find out how the Army's most recent IBCS live-fire test went, and see footage a Black Dagger target missile launch.

By Jen Judson

Missile Defense Agency director lays out hurdles in path to layered homeland missile defense

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.

By Jen Judson

The US Army is building zombies. (No, not the brain-eating kind.)

The Army is building zombies — threat-representative ballistic missile targets for tests using recycled hardware — and it's saving the service cash.

By Jen Judson

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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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 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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