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House pressures Army to buy new missile defense radar that the White House opposes
In their version of the 2018 defense policy bill, House lawmakers are putting pressure on the Army, to figure out a path forward to acquire a radar for the service’s future Integrated Air and Missile Defense System by threatening to withhold funds or transfer the responsibility to the Missile Defense Agency if progress isn’t made. But the White House is opposed to the pressure, objecting to the bill’s provision in its Statement of Administration Policy last month.
Missile Defense Agency could benefit from shift to new research office
MDA was originally designed to do research on new missile defense capabilities, but as time went on and systems such as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile defense system and the Navy’s Standard Missile entered service, the agency found itself focusing on sustaining operative systems over designing new ones.
Israel begins concept work on Arrow-4 defender
Israel is working with state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries and other firms to evaluate technologies needed to improve the ability to track, target and ultimately destroy threats.
Poland sends mixed signals on Patriot negotiations
The secretary of state at Poland’s Ministry of National Defence threatened to break off an impending deal with the U.S. government to buy Patriot air-and-missile defense systems if certain requirements for technology transfers are not met, according to a letter sent to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
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