Successful interception test adds a new layer to THAAD’s missile defense

In a successful demonstration of a layered missile defense system, Lockheed Martin with the Missile Defense Agency and the US Army have intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target over the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Successful interception test adds a new layer to THAAD’s missile defense

New satellite payloads for continuous early-warning missile detection

The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace a US$2.37-billion contract to design and build two sensor payloads for a pair of polar-orbiting satellites intended to warn of ballistic and hypersonic missile launches.Continue Reading… Continue reading New satellite payloads for continuous early-warning missile detection

Israeli Navy tests sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense

Israel has conducted successful live-fire tests of the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems C-Dome, a sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense system, aboard the Sa’ar 6 corvette Israeli Naval Ship (INS) Magen against multiple threats.Continue Rea… Continue reading Israeli Navy tests sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense

Royal Navy fires new Martlet missiles at sea to demo carrier defenses

Filling a gap in the UK Carrier Strike Group screen protecting the supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, a Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter successfully fired Martlet lightweight missiles for the first time during frontline operations. Deployed from HMS Defen… Continue reading Royal Navy fires new Martlet missiles at sea to demo carrier defenses

Boeing demonstrates system that takes down ICBMs sooner

Boeing, in conjunction with the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), has completed a successful demonstration of a new, advanced interceptor capability for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system that allows ICBMs to be destroyed in space earlier.C… Continue reading Boeing demonstrates system that takes down ICBMs sooner

Driverless land vehicle fires anti-ship missile during US Navy exercise

An uncrewed vehicle operated by the US Marine Corps has launched an anti-ship missile from the shore during a US Navy exercise. The first-of-its-kind test saw an Oshkosh Defense Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires equipped wit… Continue reading Driverless land vehicle fires anti-ship missile during US Navy exercise

US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech

The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency is using a pair of CubeSats to develop a system to track hostile ballistic and hypersonic missiles from launch to impact. Part of the Nanosat Testbed Initiative, the CubeSat Networked Communications… Continue reading US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech

US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech

The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency is using a pair of CubeSats to develop a system to track hostile ballistic and hypersonic missiles from launch to impact. Part of the Nanosat Testbed Initiative, the CubeSat Networked Communications… Continue reading US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech