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    Raytheon Gets $60M MDA Contract Funds to Transition SM-3 Block IIA Program to Production

    Raytheon‘s missile systems business has received a potential $59.8 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to obtain materials needed to begin the production of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA systems. The modification also covers engineering and analysis services and brings the contract’s potential value to $694.3 million, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the company […] More

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    MTSI to Develop Interceptor, Sensor Concept Models for MDA

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has received a $10 million contract modification to help the Missile Defense Agency develop interceptor and sensor concept models. MTSI will also create algorithms for interceptor and sensor on-board systems as well as simulate methods and tools for the agency to define, execute and aggregate data sets, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

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    Torch Technologies Wins $86M MDA Contract to Produce Digital Missile Target Models

    Torch Technologies has won a potential five-year, $86.2 million contract to create  digital representations of adversary missiles and flight test targets for the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will model various targets that are common across Ballistic Missile Defense System programs to aid development, testing and assessment activities. Torch Technologies will also […] More

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    Lockheed Supports NATO Ballistic Missile Defense Tests in Atlantic Ocean

    Lockheed Martin has assisted the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in a series of ballistic missile defense tests in the Atlantic Ocean during the Formidable Shield 2017 naval exercise that involved eight NATO member nations. Formidable Shield aimed to showcase interoperability between NATO allies using the organization’s command-and-control reporting structures and datalink architecture, Lockheed said […] More

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    Raytheon SM-3 Intercepts Missile Target in NATO-Led Exercise

    Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 technology has engaged and intercepted a ballistic missile target off the coast of Scotland during a NATO-led multinational operational exercise. The SM-3 test occurred as part of the Formidable Shield 17 missile defense exercise that replicated naval and air battle scenarios, Raytheon said Tuesday. The company also provided Standard Missile-2 and Evolved Seasparrow Missile units for the […] More

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    MDA Selects Lockheed for Phase 1 Low Power Laser Demonstrator Project

    Lockheed Martin has secured a nine-month, $9.4 million contract to support a Missile Defense Agency project to integrate and test a low-power laser technology onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle. The company will aim to help MDA address the agency’s laser power and aperture size requirements under the first phase of the Low Power Laser Demonstrator project, the […] More

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    MDA Taps Strategic Alliance Business Group for Facility Operations Support Contract

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Strategic Alliance Business Group a potential five-year, $34.3 million contract to help manage all aspects of MDA facility operations. SABG will also provide operational requirement planning support to help MDA ensure availability of facilities as well as support the agency’s corporate and regulatory compliance efforts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work […] More

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    Kratos Short Range Ballistic Missile System Supports Navy Air and Missile Defense Radar Testing

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has offered its short range ballistic missile system to support U.S. Navy testing activities on the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar. The company said Thursday that the AN/SPY-6(V) system acquired and tracked the movement of the Kratos Space and Missile Defense Systems-built SRBM technology which was launched from the Pacific Missile […] More

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    MDA Extends Colsa’s Missile Defense Research Center Support Contract

    Colsa has received a $41.1 million contract modification to continue design and operation support work at a research facility that provides simulation services to the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification extends by one year the ordering period under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Research Center support services and increases the contract’s ceiling […] More

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    General Atomics Lands MDA Reaper UAV Demo Contract

    A business unit of General Atomics has received a one-year, $30.3 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to demonstrate passive configured MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Tuesday that General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group will showcase the capacities of Reaper drone at two Ballistic Missile Defense System and five continental U.S. tests. Tests […] More

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    SAIC to Help MDA Update Analysis Tech for Ballistic Missile Defense System Modeling

    Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $34.6 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency further develop an analysis technology to support modeling of the Ballistic Missile Defense System‘s expected performance. The Defense Department said Monday SAIC will support analysis efforts by the MDA director for engineering’s quick reaction team and the agency’s BMDS research, development and […] More

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    Draper Lab to Help MDA Test Guidance, Navigation & Control Tech

    Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has secured a five-year, $36.9 million contract  perform technical and analytical services in support of the Missile Defense Agency‘s efforts to evaluate, maturate, integrate and test guidance, navigation and control technologies. The Defense Department said Wednesday Draper Lab will also aid research analysis on sensors; modeling and simulation; radiation hardening and survivability; precision targeting […] More