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Joint Functional Component Command marks 20th year
On Jan. 25, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense celebrates two decades of strategic ...
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MDA chief engineer joins ranks of senior executives
The Missile Defense Agency celebrated adding Chief Engineer Virginia Perkins to the ranks of Senior Executive Service Jan. 30 ...
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Former MDA chief envisions Uber-like space-based interceptor fleet
The former head of the Missile Defense Agency who two decades ago oversaw the launch of the current system that provides limited national missile defense against North Korean and Iranian threats says ...
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LTAMDS successfully executes Missile Flight Test
White Sands Missile Range, N.M. - On February 7, 2025, PEO Missiles and Space executed a successful missile flight test ...
Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
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Trump’s $19.5B Iron Dome plan: Next-gen interceptors, Aegis, THAAD, space tech, lasers
The Iron Dome boosts U.S. missile defense with $19.5 billion for interceptors, Aegis Ashore installations, space sensors, and ...
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
Two senators introduced a bill that would authorize $19.5 billion for fiscal 2026 to build out Trump's "Iron Dome for America ...