RTX Still Struggling to Deliver Navy’s Top Missile Interceptor, Pentagon Contract Agency Says
RTX Corp. is still struggling to produce the US Navy’s top air-defense missile, needed to counter a Chinese weapon known as its “aircraft carrier killer,” the Pentagon’s contract management agency ...
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 ...
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U.S. Spending Billions on Interceptors That Can Strike Missiles Outside the Atmosphere
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin a $2.8 billion contract for the development and ...
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
A bill introduced by Republican lawmakers this week would bring back JLENS tethered aerostats. Trials of the aerostats were canceled after one broke free in 2015 and caused power outages across ...
Trump’s Orbital Missile Shield Could Aid His Nuclear Disarmament Foray
President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
Two Republican senators introduced legislation this week that would establish more detailed plans for President Donald Trump’s new missile defense shield for the homeland – to include ...