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 ...
Army Times5d
Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
freeing up the Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, to focus entirely on capability research and development. While this has been done for certain programs, such as the Patriot Air and Missile Defense ...
Missile Defense Agency asking contractors for ideas to build Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’
The Pentagon agency charged with responding to emerging missile threats is asking the defense industry for ideas on how to implement President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America.” Trump ...
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France Tests New Hellfire-Replacement Attack Helicopter Missile
French defense procurement agency DGA has conducted the first test firing of the long-range MBDA Akeron LP missile designed for use by the Tiger attack helicopter and to replace the U.S. Hellfire ...
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SMDC radar team integrally supports C-UAS, missile defense mission
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Technical Center uses precision track and search Ku-band interferometric radar systems to test counter-unmanned ...
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Israel's new 'Gabriel 5' sea-to-sea missile makes first navy test debut
The test, carried out by the Israeli Navy’s Missile Ship Flotilla in collaboration with the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and Israel Aerospace ...
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How the US Navy's first hostile drone kill with an air-to-air missile set the stage for the emergence of the 'Murder Hornet'
The AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) is a beyond-visual-range weapon. Both munitions are made by American defense contractor RTX Corporation. The office of the Chief of ...
Pacific Daily News6d
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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Philippines all in to get its own midrange missile system
China’s repeated calls to remove a powerful U.S. missile system from Philippine ... according to Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro. “We definitely have plans to acquire those ...
InsideDefense4d
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 ...