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Congress Gives Alaska $150M Boost With Missile Defense Deployment
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 08, 2006Congress has given the long-troubled Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse-Interceptor program a financial boost, allowing it to deploy planned interceptors more rapidly, the MDA's chief has told an Alaska newspaper. India Ready To Test The Agni-3 
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 08, 2006Indian defense officials say their most powerful and long-range ballistic missile yet, the Agni-III, is finally ready to be test-fired. Lockheed Martin Delivers Pac-3 Stockpile Reliability Test Missiles 
Dallas, TX (SPX) Feb 06, 2006Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Stockpile Reliability Test (SRT) Missiles to the U.S. Army during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin's facility in Camden, AR. The delivery marked the first major milestone in the Operations and Support (O&S) phase of the PAC-3 Missile program. |
Northrop Grumman Receives $225M Contract For ICBM Propulsion Replacement Program
Clearfield UT (SPX) Feb 08, 2006The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $225 million contract for 27 months to continue the full-rate production phase of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP). Bush Silent On BMD Success 
Washington (UPI) Feb 02, 2006It was, as Sherlock Holmes famously said, "The dog that did not bark in the night." For five years ballistic missile defense has been one of the most expensive, controversial and ambitious programs pursued by the Bush administration. Russia To Build New, Anti-Missile Warning System 
Moscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2006Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced Tuesday that Russia would build a new missile defense warning station in the south of the country, thus decreasing its dependence on radar systems based in nations such as Azerbaijan and Ukraine. |
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BMD Watch: Trident Subs Will Fight Terror
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2006The U.S. Navy is converting some of its prized nuclear strategic submarines to launch precision, conventional munitions strikes against terrorist bases and similar targets. Kinetic Energy Interceptor Team Perform Static Test-Fire Of Stage 2 Rocket Motor 
Elkton MD (SPX) Jan 20, 2006The Northrop Grumman/Raytheon team for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program have successfully completed the first in a series of static test firings of the missile's second-stage rocket motor on Jan. 17 at teammate Alliant Techsystem's facility in Elkton, Md. General Dynamics Awarded Contract For TRIDENT Ballistic Missile System 
Arlington VA (SPX) Jan 19, 2006The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $56 million contract modification to provide Fire Control production, operational support, field engineering services, repair and return effort, training, and development for the TRIDENT II Fire Control system. It also includes SSGN Attack Weapons Control Systems Life Cycle Cost Control and Technology Refresh work. |
US Japan To Integrate BMD IT Networks
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2006U.S., Japan to integrate BMD IT networks BMD Focus: The Missiles Of Taiwan 
Washington (UPI) Jan 19, 2006Taiwan's decision to produce no less than 500 cruise missiles capable of threatening southern China dramatically escalates its missile arms race with the People's Republic of China and may tempt China toward taking preemptive military action in the 2008-2010 period. Major Milestone Achieved On LockMart Missile Warning System 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2006The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team led by Lockheed Martin has successfully completed engineering thermal vacuum testing of the payload for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite. SBIRS will provide early warning of missile launches and support other missions simultaneously including missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace characterization. |
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