missile defense Archives

Vice Adm. Jon Hill testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing March 12, 2020.

MDA’s role in upcoming homeland cruise missile defense demo now unclear

The Missile Defense Agency was recently passed over as the lead organization for developing new capabilities to defend the homeland against enemy cruise missiles.

Aug 12, 2022 By Jon Harper

MDA director unsure if new hypersonic missile interceptor can be fielded before 2030

The head of the Missile Defense Agency said he isn’t ready to commit to a timeline for delivering a new glide phase interceptor.

May 23, 2022 By Jon Harper

Deputy Secretary of Defense, Dr. Kathleen Hicks, is welcomed to Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Col. Zachary Warakomsky, Commander, Peterson-Schriever Garrison, Dec. 13, 2021. (Department of Defense photo by Mr. Thomas Paul)

Pentagon’s Hicks wants more focus on cyber, EW capabilities for missile defense

The Pentagon needs to evolve in its approach to air and missile defense, according Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.

May 6, 2022 By Jon Harper

Aerial view of the United States Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway and the Air Force Memorial and Arlington Cemetery nearby. — (Getty Images)

Air Force, Army remain divided over modernization investments

The ongoing disagreement was on display this week as military leaders spoke about Indo-Pacific threats.

Mar 17, 2022 By Jon Harper

A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) missile is launched during the recent successful Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) flight test at White Sands Missile Range (Army).

Northrop Grumman demonstrates two successful flight tests for Integrated Battle Command System

Northrop successfully intercepted advanced missile targets as part of initial operational test and evaluation.

Mar 17, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 85 commercial and government spacecraft and 3 Starlink satellites launches from Cape Canaveral on June 30, 2021. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dakota Raub)

Space Development Agency about to issue solicitation for new missile tracking satellites

The vehicles are expected to be operational by the end of 2025.

Mar 15, 2022 By Jon Harper

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Kauai, Hawaii, successfully conducted Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03).

Army inks $1.4B contract to integrate missile defense

Northrop Grumman will work on modernizing the Integrated Battle Command System, an Army missile defense system.

Dec 27, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Cybersecurity flaws could allow adversaries to ‘circumvent’ U.S. missile defense systems

Basic controls like multifactor authentication and physical locks on servers were missing from the locations auditors inspected.

Dec 17, 2018 By Billy Mitchell