Missile Defense
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Head Pushes Back on CBO Estimate; Sen. Sheehy Agrees On Trillion Dollar Scale
The head of the Golden Dome program on May 14 strongly disagreed with a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate that a system along the lines of President Donald Trump’s […]
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SpaceSpace Force Soliciting Industry Prototypes For $783 Million Program To Upgrade Ground-Based Radars
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 future years defense plan includes $783 million to upgrade eight ground-based radars in collaboration with the Missile Defense Agency, including nearly $129 million in fiscal […]
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Missile DefenseCBO Estimates Golden Dome With Boost-Phase Space Interceptors At $1.2 Trillion
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates a potential national missile defense system, along the lines of the Golden Dome’s initially stated objectives, would cost about $1.2 trillion FY 2026 dollars […]
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SpaceAnduril Outlines Team For Space-Based Interceptors Program
Anduril Industries on Tuesday named its teammates that are helping it prototype technologies for the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program that is part of the Golden Dome homeland missile defense initiative. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Director Says NGI On Track To Close Design Phase This Year
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Monday told senators the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program is on track to complete the design phase by the end of […]
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Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion To 12 Companies For Space-Based Interceptor Work
The Space Force last announced 12 companies have won contracts totaling up to $3.2 billion to prototype technologies for Space-based Interceptors in support of the Golden Dome initiative. Space Force’s […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Says GPI To Deliver Four Years Faster After Previous Delays
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director this week told lawmakers that following the receipt of reconciliation funding, they are pushing to get the first counter-hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) delivered […]
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Missile DefenseRTX Signs $3.7 Billion Contract With Ukraine For Patriot GEM-T Interceptors
RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business on Tuesday announced it signed a $3.7 billion contract to supply Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) airborne threat interceptors to Ukraine as a […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Says $4.8 Billion Army PAC-3 MSE Award Will Accelerate Production
A day after the Army on April 9 awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.76 billion contract to produce an unspecified number of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles, […]
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Air ForceDepartment Of Air Force Requests $457 Million More For Counterspace Systems Procurement
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes more than $459 million for counterspace systems, a more than $457 million increase from the amount appropriated by Congress last year. The […]