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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 ...
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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DOT&E warns of key missile defense assessment gap as MDA pulls funding for M&S project
The Pentagon's top weapons tester is raising alarms over gaps in critical modeling and simulation (M&S) tools needed to assess the effectiveness of new missile defense systems -- including the Next ...
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Pentagon acquisition office orders review of Space Development Agency
The review is meant to ensure that SDA is on a path to deliver a proliferated satellite constellation that meets Defense Department requirements.
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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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Public comments seek downgrade of massive Guam missile defense system
PCIS said the Missile Defense Agency’s proposal for an EIAMDS in Guam is “overstated in its effectiveness and understated in the real and potential damaging repercussions to the Guam community.” ...
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Ships With Missile Propellant Ingredient Set to Sail From China to Iran, FT Reports
including Iran's defense attache in Beijing, over accusations they helped procure parts and technology for Iran's ballistic missile development. It imposed similar sanctions on individuals and ...
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What's Stopping NATO Countries From Boosting Defense Spending?
Trump's proposal for members to devote 5 percent of GDP to defense was widely rejected, but the demand for bigger budgets is real and is not expected to go away. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ...
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Ships carrying missile propellant ingredients set to sail from China to Iran, say officials
A missile is launched during an air defence drill in an undisclosed location in Iran. Intelligence officials say chemicals are being shipped to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the elite arm ...
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Israel orders more Iron Dome interceptors, using new tranche of US funding
Rafael’s CEO Yoav Tourgeman praised the deal and noted Rafael’s close work with the US Missile Defense Agency. Tourgeman noted that “the expansion of procurement represents another vote of ...