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Finding common ground on homeland missile defense Robert Soofer 1 hour ago A Ground-based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on March 25, 2019, in the first-ever salvo engagement test of a threat-representative ICBM target. (Courtesy of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency) The U.S. Defense Department has approved the Next Generation Interceptor project to proceed. This is a welcome signal that the Biden administration intends to counter North Korea’s nuclear ...

America already has some missile defenses, but could the new administration inveset even more in these systems?

Upgrades to interceptors and radar are coming. An enemy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shooting through space as part of a massive nuclear attack can be very difficult for missile defenses to intercept, due to the sheer amount of debris, clutter and specific enemy countermeasures such as decoys intended to confuse or throw off sensors guiding interceptor “kill vehicles.”  Several ICBMs can present even more of a problem for defenses, as seekers can at times be at a loss to track...

USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » Hyten: U.S. ‘Not In A Very Good Position’ Due to Chinese and Russian Missile Capabilities Hyten: U.S. ‘Not In A Very Good Position’ Due to Chinese and Russian Missile Capabilities Chinese DF-26 missiles on display during a military parade in Tiananmen Square. Photo via globalsecurity.org China, Russia, North Korea and Iran’s continued investment in modernizing cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles has left the United States “not i...

The Northrop Grumman NGI Team stands ready to support MDA’s critical mission of protecting our country

By   Paul McLeary on February 18, 2021 at 4:02 PM Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle defends the US against ballistic missiles by destroying them while they are still in space. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon plans to take a big step in its long and costly effort to build a new missile defense system, the Next Generation Interceptor program, in coming weeks. The NGI is trying to pick up where the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program left off when it was scrapped in 2019 after burning through $1.2 billion on r...

Raytheon Technologies fears it could find itself at a competitive disadvantage if rival Lockheed Martin is permitted to buy propulsion provider Aerojet Rocketdyne, a Raytheon official said on 17 February. Aerojet Rocketdyne, which is based i...

Raytheon to challenge Lockheed’s takeover of Aerojet, CEO says Raytheon Technologies chief executive Greg Hayes. (Raytheon) “They [Aerojet Rocketdyne] are a huge supplier to us, and if that merger actually happens, you don’t have an independent supplier on the solid-rocket-motor side. And also, I think it gives us pause as we think about the competitive landscape going forward,” Hayes said at the Barclays Industrial Select virtual conference. If the deal is completed, Raytheon and Boe...

The new long-range nuclear missile with last into the 2080s and will feature several important upgrades.

America is able to digitally design and build new weapons at a speed unseen before. How did a new sixth-generation stealth fighter aircraft already take to the skies? How did America’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) move toward operational service earlier than expected? Finally, how is the Pentagon planning to have a new high-speed, high-tech Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI) missile by the end of the decade? All of the amazing advances are thanks to digital engineering. Fast-i...