Tag: MDA
David’s Sling Short Range Missile Defense Systems Enters a New Stage
Israel and the U.S. reiterated the agreement to continue their cooperative development of the David Sling weapon system (also known as Majic Wand), extending...
Despite recent ABL Failure, MDA Pursue With Long Range Missile Intercept...
An airborne intercept of a liquid-rocket target failed on September 1, 2010 when the megawatt power airborne laser (ABL) veered away from the target...
House Subcommittee Appropriates U.S.-Israel Missile Defense Systems at Highest Levels Ever
The growing proliferation and increasing deadliness of missiles around the world pose a direct threat to the U.S. and its allies, making funding missile...
Airborne Laser Demonstrates First Ballistic Missile Intercept
The Missile Defense Agency successfully achieved a major milestone in the missile defense program, demonstrating the airborne laser can effectively destroy ballistic missiles in...
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicles Tested for Missile Interceptor Upgrade
Upgraded Missile Interceptors will be able to Handle Multiple Targets, Decoys with a New 'Kill Vehicle' Payload The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle currently used with the...
Airborne Laser Tested at Edwards
Laser Packed 747 Prepares for Firing Demonstration The Boeing Company , industry teammates and the U.S.Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests with the entire...
GBD Ground Based Mid-course Defense Scores a Direct Hit
Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) demonstrates system-wide integration, progress with Exo-Atmospheric, Multiple Kill Vehicle and airborne laser Recent testing activities conducted by the U.S. Missile Defense...
First Battery of THAAD Weapon System Activated at Fort Bliss
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The U.S. Army activated the first battery of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System at Fort Bliss, Texas. THAAD is developed...
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $619 million contract to begin production of two lead systems of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)...
AN/SPY-1 Radar to Integrate with Aegis BMD by 2010
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) is incorporating the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Signal Processor (Aegis BSP) into the AN/SPY-1 radar. The company received about $979 million...
