The Missile Defense Agency is hailing last night's launch of an interceptor designed to protect the United States from incoming ballistic missiles as a success.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The Missile Defense Agency is hailing last night's launch of an interceptor designed to protect the United States from incoming ballistic missiles as a success.
The revamped Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system launched into a new series of flight tests today with a "walk-up" missile characterization test, according to the Missile Defense Agency.
The Defense Department will implement two key Government Accountability Office recommendations aimed at clarifying roles and responsibilities for missile defense assets, according to a GAO report released today.
The Army's Aerial Common Sensor program could be on the chopping block because the program's Brazilian-built ERJ-145 jet aircraft would suffer weight, size, power and cooling issues once the payload package is added, according to a spokesman for the service's program executive officer for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors.
The active-duty Army will meet its recruiting goal in August, but the service will likely fall short of its yearly goal when the fiscal year concludes next month, Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker said today.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems won the Army's $1 billion Extended-Range/Multi-Purpose unmanned aerial vehicle contract today, according to product manager Lt. Col. Jeff Gabbert. Accordingly, the service awarded the company a $214 million contract for the system development and demonstration phase of the program.
The Army announced today that Fort Worth, TX-based Bell Helicopter Textron has been selected to build the service's new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program valued at $3 billion.
House and Senate authorizers have set aside $50 billion for a "bridge" supplemental funding bill to cover additional expenses from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
An independent review team set up to examine the Missile Defense Agency's national missile defense system has recommended the agency place more responsibility for quality control issues in the hands of contractors, Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, the agency's director, told members of Congress today.
The Defense Acquisition Board has authorized the Army to proceed with low-rate initial production of the UH-60M Black Hawk, according to Bob Hunt, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command.
The Defense Department today sent to Congress a 2006 spending request that lays out a six-year, $48 billion plan to reorganize the Army into more flexible and lethal units.
An "unknown anomaly" resulted in a failed launch of the multibillion-dollar Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system this morning, the Missile Defense Agency announced. Officials will review pre-launch data to determine the root cause of the anomaly.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has approved a request that will grow the number of troops deployed in Iraq to 150,000 in preparation for the Iraqi election in January, the Pentagon announced today.
The United States and its partners today kicked off the design and development phase of the Medium Extended Air Defense System, industry officials said.
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Restationing up to 70,000 troops overseas could produce a "happy side effect" on the upcoming review of military bases, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.