“We’re ready to transition over to technology development,” MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told the Center for Strategic and International Studies today.
By Theresa HitchensDisplay screens are the eyes for maneuver forces needing to command and control
The Army is upfitting vehicles with big 24 or 32-inch displays that present multiple sources of data for a full operational picture.
After completing the System Requirements Review-Prototype phase, Raytheon moves on to preliminary design, inching closer to a prototype in its competition with Northrop Grumman.
By Andrew Eversden
The Missile Defense Agency’s early-stage hypersonic missile defense program will move forward amid fears about China and Russia’s hypersonic capabilities.
By Andrew Eversden Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Missiles and Defense are currently developing concepts for the program.
By Andrew Eversden The Missile Defense Agency’s request for funds above the 2023 budget for the Glide Phase Interceptor will go towards reducing risks for critical technologies, including seekers, propulsion systems and thermal protection, says Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill.
By Theresa Hitchens
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Because DARPA’s Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept doesn’t exit and re-enter the atmosphere like boost-glide hypersonics, it is less reliant on costly exotic materials for thermal management.
By Breaking Defense
The GPI is being developed to knock down hypersonic missiles as they glide through the Earth’s upper atmosphere at about 70 kilometers in altitude at speeds greater than Mach 5.
By Theresa Hitchens
What weapons and engines will let loyal wingmen drones hit their potential?
In the fourth video in our CCA series, Breaking Defense looks in the details for the future fleet. For the full CCA video series click here.
“We’re gonna down-select … later in the year. Then I have to worry about future budgets, and so that’s what’s really going to throttle” the number of contractors, says MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill.
By Theresa Hitchens
