U.S. Missile Defense Agency

The Government Accountability Office, in a report on NGI released June 26, says the agency is making progress developing the system.

The Missile Defense Agency reports it has launched a Hypersonic Testbed to demonstrate a new experimental testing platform.

The Defense Innovation Unit launched a competition on June 14 on the Navy’s behalf, calling for written responses to an urgent request in two weeks.

The agency proposes a major revamp of the U.S. Army’s most advanced theater-level interceptor 16 years after the first battery was activated.

Following multiple failed attempts, the agency says airborne laser technology has evolved enough to deserve another shot.

The Missile Defense Agency will within a week conduct its first test of its new space-based hypersonic missile tracking system.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has taken over operations of its new missile defense radar in Alaska, which is also tracking objects on orbit for the Space Force.

Cost is becoming an increasing challenge to missile defense systems, even as Israel’s success against Iran shows the value of the capability.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency seeks to field an “interim capability” against hypersonic glide vehicles by 2029 as the Glide Phase Interceptor slides to 2035.

The full details of the multinational, multilayered defense against the Iranian attack are still kept secret.

Lockheed Martin will complete its design of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) $17 billion Next Generation Interceptor.

The ANZAC class frigate HMAS Stuart and a Boeing E-7 Wedgetail supported the successful test of the Dual II Software Upgrade version of the SM-6 interceptor.

The announcement means Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman will be selected two years early for the next intercontinental ballistic missile-class interceptor.

Lockheed Martin’s team has passed another milestone in a competitive design process with Northrop Grumman for the MDA's Next Generation Interceptor program.

A pair of prototypes for the MDA's Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program reached orbit following launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.

The Space Development Agency plans to launch its last group of Tranche 0 missile Tracking Layer demonstration satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

A new contract awarded to Raytheon aims to expand the application and understanding of high-power microwave weapons beyond capabilities now entering service.

Northrop Grumman’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) in late January passed its preliminary design review (PDR) on an accelerated schedule.

There are two different levels of fire control tracks.

The service is adding a new approach to launch contracting, as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture takes shape.

The Missile Defense Agency on Dec. 11 successfully tested an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor.

MDA's deputy director offered several explanations to potentially justify an earlier down-select to one NGI contractor.

The Gamma variant is scheduled to follow into development the first two variants of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.

The agreement signed in October will support the development of future upgrades for the Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.