The MDA request includes $105 million for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), slightly more than the $103.5 requested in FY24. LRDR, deemed a critical capability by US Northern Command (NORTHCOM)/NORAD leaders, will transfer to the Space Force to begin operations in FY25.
By Theresa HitchensAutonomy changes everything about combat engineering
Sending robotic vehicles into the breach saves lives by removing humans from one of the most dangerous places on the battlefield.
The first Lockheed Martin NGI is forecast for delivery to the warfighter as early as fiscal 2027, according to the company.
By Theresa Hitchens
MDA Acting Director Rear Adm. Doug Williams said that the agency’s plans include beginning tests of its Next-Generation Interceptor in 2027, “with the anticipation of operational testing of NGI at the end of 2029.”
By Theresa Hitchens
MDA’s goal is to field the Next-Generation Interceptor to replace its current Ground-Based Interceptors by 2028.
By Theresa Hitchens
Russia since this spring has been using both newly minted cruise missiles and even hypersonic missiles in its war to annex Ukraine.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I would say the United States should prove to ourselves that we can shoot something down before we buy more of a thing,” said DoD Assistant Secretary for Space Policy John Plumb. “So, fly before you buy, if fly includes shooting a missile down to prove that it works.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Boeing will continue to have a hand in MDA’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense program.
By Andrew Eversden
Capability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale
A tool to explore what-if scenarios and tradeoffs at the theater-level faster than traditional analysis.
The defense giant will integrate and modernize the weapons program for the Pentagon’s intermediate and long-range Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.
By Andrew Eversden
Missile Defense Agency pushes back, pointing Breaking Defense to positive report from Pentagon tester, laudatory comments from senior military officials and recent test wins.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The fiction that SDA and SMC are working together is just that,” said a former senior DoD space official. “You know, they make nicey-nicey, but, the reality is that they’re not working together.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“We have been been given a lawful order by the president to respond to this crisis on the border and we’re doing that,” a Pentagon official said.
By Paul McLeary
