The United States should consider fielding more space-based sensors to improve its ability to track ballistic missiles that threaten the homeland, a U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) official said Feb. 7.U.S. missile defenses currently depend mostly on a network of land- and sea-based sensors, but ...
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Tucked away in President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order last Friday suspending immigration from seven countries and a refugee admissions program is a directive for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expedite the completion of a program to record biometrics of foreign ...
Elbit Systems’ [ESLT] subsidiary Cyberbit won a contract from Japanese cybersecurity service provider Ni CyberSecurity Inc. to launch a cybersecurity training and simulation center in Tokyo, Elbit said Monday.Ni Cybersecurity will set up a training facility in Toranomon, Tokyo to address ...
The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, a new, longer-range variant of the SM-3 interceptor, has achieved its first shoot-down of a ballistic missile target, according to the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its industry partners.During a Feb. 3 test, a medium-range ballistic missile ...
New T-X Entrant. Stavatti Aerospace is entering the Air Force’s T-X trainer competition, according to a company statement. Stavatti will offer its Javelin, a new twin-engine, two-seat, high performance military jet trainer and very light fighter (VLF) aircraft. Derived from the ATG Javelin Mk-30, ...
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Friday reached a deal on a new batch of F-35s that totals roughly $9 billion.The total low rate initial production (LRIP) lot 10 deal includes 90 aircraft—55 jets for the United States and 35 jets for international partners and foreign military sale (FMS) ...
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $202 million firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort foreign military sales (FMS) contract for engineering services for the Patriot weapon systems program, the Defense Department said Feb. 1.The FMS includes Patriot work for Germany, Israel, Japan, the Republic of ...
An upcoming missile defense review by the Department of Defense is long overdue and could lead to improvements in several important areas, according to a former chief of naval operations.The review presents an opportunity to set priorities for missile defense spending, something that has been ...
The USS Antietam, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser (CG-54), sustained significant damage to its two propellers Jan. 31 when it ran aground while anchoring in Tokyo Bay near Yokosuka, Japan, the U.S. Navy said.Navy divers are inspecting the propellers to determine the full extent of the ...
A directive for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expedite the completion of a program to record biometrics of foreign nationals arriving to and departing from the United States was tucked away in President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order Friday suspending immigration from ...