Missile Defense Agency requests $10.9B in FY24, and tens of billions more after that

Missile Defense Agency requests $10.9B in FY24, and tens of billions more after that
Missile Defense Agency requests $10.9B in FY24, and tens of billions more after that

One of MDA’s biggest investments in FY24 is for the Next Generation Interceptor, with $2.1 billion requested.

Boeing wins $5 billion contract for ballistic missile defense integration

Boeing wins $5 billion contract for ballistic missile defense integration
Boeing wins $5 billion contract for ballistic missile defense integration

Boeing will continue to have a hand in MDA’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense program.

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Northrop Grumman wins $3.3 billion homeland ballistic missile defense contract

Northrop Grumman wins $3.3 billion homeland ballistic missile defense contract
Northrop Grumman wins $3.3 billion homeland ballistic missile defense contract

The defense giant will integrate and modernize the weapons program for the Pentagon’s intermediate and long-range Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.

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Boeing is embracing speed, agility and affordability to deliver the most digitally advanced, simply and efficiently produced, and intelligently supported products and capabilities to outpace the unprecedented threats and challenges of a fast-moving future battlespace.

US Successfully Tests New Homeland Missile Defense Capability

US Successfully Tests New Homeland Missile Defense Capability
US Successfully Tests New Homeland Missile Defense Capability

The new capability should add flexibility to the Ground Based Interceptor.

Congress, Pentagon Renew Old Fight Over 3rd Missile Defense Site

Congress, Pentagon Renew Old Fight Over 3rd Missile Defense Site
Congress, Pentagon Renew Old Fight Over 3rd Missile Defense Site

The Pentagon has long worried about the multi-billion dollar price tag that comes along with building a new interceptor field and its infrastructure. Influential lawmakers want a permanent site built that will support close to 1,000 jobs in their districts.

Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay

Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay
Pentagon’s New Ballistic Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, Suffers Years-Long Delay

What happens when the Pentagon’s new ballistic missile defeat program doesn’t work? They keep using the old one, which has a spotty track record.

Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses

Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses
Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses

Pentagon planners aren’t only worried about North Korean ICBMs, but Chinese hypersonics and medium-range missiles. That means, according to analysts, that an array of distributed systems are needed to meet a wide range of potential threats.

Lockheed Studies Sea-Launched Patriot PAC-3 & New 6-Foot Missile

Lockheed Studies Sea-Launched Patriot PAC-3 & New 6-Foot Missile
Lockheed Studies Sea-Launched Patriot PAC-3 & New 6-Foot Missile

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.: Lockheed Martin is studying several new air and missile defense systems, from an all-new six-foot rocket to a ship-launched version of the Patriot missile, a top executive told reporters here this morning. In keeping with the military’s emphasis on multi-domain operations that attack old problems from new angles, Lockheed is even looking at…

North Korea Must Pay Massive Price For Otto’s Murder

North Korea Must Pay Massive Price For Otto’s Murder
North Korea Must Pay Massive Price For Otto’s Murder

North Korea captured and brutalized Otto Warmbier for doing nothing more than holding American citizenship. After more than a year as a hostage in a comatose state, Otto was returned to his parents. He died on Monday. North Korean officials murdered Otto. Brutalizing Otto as the North Koreans did was not just an act of aggression against him. It…

Missile Defense R&D Getting Short Shrift: CSIS

Missile Defense R&D Getting Short Shrift: CSIS
Missile Defense R&D Getting Short Shrift: CSIS

UPDATE MDA Deputy says transfer talks with services “making progress” WASHINGTON: Long-range R&D for missile defense is being squeezed by near-term needs, warns a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. The problem? The duties of the Missile Defense Agency keep expanding even as its budget shrinks. CSIS’s solution? Reform MDA in either…

‘Limited’ Missile Defense Must Remain So: Philip Coyle

‘Limited’ Missile Defense Must Remain So: Philip Coyle
‘Limited’ Missile Defense Must Remain So: Philip Coyle

Some members of Congress are rightfully calling for reform to the U.S. national missile defense program, but the change they suggest – removing the word “limited” from current U.S. policy – will carelessly expand the program and waste billions of dollars. If we’re serious about improving national missile defense, Congress must reform the objectives of the…