Could Golden Dome funding get next-gen interceptor back up to speed?
A piece of the $175 billion Golden Dome pie could give the Next Generation Interceptor a boost to shore up a development delay.
By Jen Judson
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Missile Defense Agency’s FY26 budget targets homeland missile defense
The request includes funding for systems designed to defend the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.
By Jen Judson
Homeland defense interceptor defeats ballistic missile in test
Missile Defense Agency sees successful takedown using an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor for homeland missile defense of a ballistic missile target.
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
Northrop wins $3 billion contract to manage US homeland missile defense systems
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman with a contract potentially worth several billion dollars to modernize and upgrade the weapon systems that make up the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System that protects the U.S. homeland from ballistic missile attacks.
By Jen Judson
Industry teams move to accelerate work on MDA’s next-generation missile interceptor
As industry teams plant deeper roots in Huntsville, Alabama, hope for continuing to accelerate the next-generation interceptor program remains.
By Jen Judson
Designs for next-gen missile defense interceptors pass key review ahead of schedule
A Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team and a Lockheed Martin-Aerojet Rocketdyne team pass through the systems requirements review gauntlet.
By Jen Judson
Missile Defense Agency successfully tests new booster for homeland missile defense system
A new three-stage booster for the Ground-Based Homeland Defense System had a first successful flight on a mock-up Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, the Missile Defense Agency announced.
By Jen Judson
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
Robust, credible and layered missile defense is the foundation of deterrence
How much risk are you willing to take as nuclear weapons fly toward America?
By Maj. Gen. Punch Moulton (ret.) and Maj. Gen. Francis Mahon (ret.)
Why the Biden administration must not trade away homeland missile defense
The White House risks snatching strategic defeat from the jaws of victory.
By John Hulsman
Competition will speed up fielding timeline for missile defense interceptor, MDA boss says
By maintaining competition between two teams to develop the Next-Generation Interceptor, the Pentagon could field them early than planned, says the Missile Defense Agency director.
By Jen Judson