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Japan has asked the U.S. government to use a new radar for integration with a ground-based version of the Aegis ballistic missile defense platform the East Asian country plans to launch by 2023 in an effort to counter threats posed by North Korea, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters Japan wants to equip the Aegis […] More
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency have test-fired two Raytheon-made Standard Missile-6 Dual I missiles using the Lockheed Martin-built Aegis Combat System installed on the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones. Lockheed said Wednesday its Aegis platform helped the SM-6 missile detect, track and intercept a ballistic missile target in flight during the Flight Test Standard Missile–27 Event 2. […] More
Northrop Grumman plans to update its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle in an effort to meet the Missile Defense Agency’s requirements for the high-altitude, long-endurance drone program, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. Northrop responded to a request for information MDA published on FedBizOpps in June. MDA is interested in a HALE UAV designed to carry a high-energy […] More
Raytheon‘s missile systems business has received a $66.4 million contract modification to continue to help the Missile Defense Agency integrate and test a ballistic missile defense system as part of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program. The Defense Department said Monday the company will support BMD 5.1 engineering, integration, certification and testing efforts as well as provide post-event […] More
Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems segment at Lockheed Martin, will receive the Peter B. Teets Award from the National Defense Industrial Association in recognition of his contribution to the space systems sector, the Denver Post reported Thursday. NDIA’s space division will present the award to Ambrose during the awards dinner event to […] More
Orbital ATK has secured a five-year, $48 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to help sustain Trident I and Orion rocket motors the agency intends to use in target and interceptor vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will provide engineering, test and analysis, motor logistics storage and disposal static test, and flight test motor preparation support under the […] More
Orbital ATK has demonstrated its air-launched intermediate-range ballistic missile target in support of the test flight program for the Missile Defense Agency’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The Orbital ATK-built IRBM target simulated a ballistic missile threat after being launched from a C-17 aircraft and transported by parachutes prior to ignition, the company said Tuesday. […] More
A Lockheed Martin-built missile defense system has demonstrated a capacity to detect, track and intercept a threat representative intermediate-range ballistic missile target during a flight test led by the Missile Defense Agency. Lockheed said Tuesday the test marked the first IRBM interception for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system currently installed at Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska. Richard McDaniel, vice […] More
Katrina McFarland, former assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology at the U.S. Army, has joined Engility as a member of the board of directors. Engility said Friday she brings to the company her civil service experience at the Defense Department. “[McFarland] is one of the most accomplished defense leaders in the nation and brings more than 30 […] More
KBR‘s government services arm has received a three-year, $48 million task order from the U.S. Army to provide support services for the Defense Department‘s missile defense systems. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will provide program management, foreign military sales case support, system engineering, diagnostics and testing support to the Lower Tier Project Office located in Huntsville, […] More
Gryphon Technologies has won a potential seven-year, $57.7 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to support integration work on the Sea-Based X-Band Radar mission. The Defense Department said Thursday that Gryphon will provide communication operations and support services to MDA’s SBX strategic mission under the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. SBX Radar is built as part of the country’s Ballistic Missile Defense System and designed to help […] More
The Missile Defense Agency has posted a request for information on a high altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft system that can provide support in the 2023 timeframe. MDA said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that the UAS should be able to carry a high energy laser system payload to high altitudes to mature boost phase intercept, or the capacity to destroy missiles while […] More
