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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 research and development and being found wanting. But the Missile Defense Agency has taken its time o...

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 Boeing would see a top competitor absorb a key supplier of solid-fuel rocket motors used in Raytheon’...

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-increasing digital engineering methods which draw upon computer simulations and advanced algorithms t...