Tag Archives: Ballistic Missile Defense

Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a contract to design and produce an infrared seeker technology for a weapon system used to defend against ballistic missile threats. The next seeker for Lockheed's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense platform will be designed to increase the performance and manufacturability of THAAD to counter more threats, BAE said Tuesday.

The Missile Defense Agency has conducted a demonstration of a Lockheed Martin-built missile defense system designed to intercept medium-range weapons.

Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business received a $76.7M contract modification to continue maintaining U.S. Navy test sites to support the development and assessment of Aegis Combat System updates for domestic and international clients.

Lockheed Martin and a Raytheon–Thales joint venture have teamed up to provide a command-and-control capability for NATO’s ballistic missile defense system. Lockheed said Tuesday it will work with ThalesRaytheonSystems to build a low-risk C2 capability for NATO’s air BMD program designed to defend and protect European populations and territories from …

Engineering Services Network has received a potential five-year, $69.6 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to provide technical, engineering and logistics support for weapon systems programs of the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The company said Monday it will help test, engineer and conduct post-event analysis of the Aegis Combat …

A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has modernized a global network of systems that serves as the foundation of U.S.  ballistic missile defense. Lockheed said Tuesday it worked with Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to update the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications system, which is installed at various locations …

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received multiple orders for unmanned aerial vehicles and related systems worth a combined $3.2 million. Kratos said Wednesday its modular systems division will produce drones and other system products at multiple production facilities for undisclosed customers. Thomas Mills, president of Kratos MSD, said that the business …

Mercury Systems has received a $2.2 million microelectronics order from a defense contractor that currently supports a U.S. ballistic missile defense program. The order is for radio frequency modules that will be integrated into the radar system of a ballistic missile defense platform, Mercury Systems said Thursday. Kevin Beals, vice president and …

Fincantieri will open an opportunity for Australia-based companies to help the European shipbuilder compete for a $26.4 billion Australian navy frigate manufacturing contract, the Australian Financial Review reported Sunday. The selected companies will join Fincantieri’s global supply chain for commercial vessels such as cruise ships and luxury yachts. The Australian navy will …

Lockheed Martin has assisted the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency in a series of ballistic missile defense tests in the Atlantic Ocean during the Formidable Shield 2017 naval exercise that involved eight NATO member nations. Formidable Shield aimed to showcase interoperability between NATO allies using the organization’s command-and-control reporting structures …

The U.S. Navy has performed a simultaneous air and ballistic missile defense flight test with a Raytheon-made air and missile defense radar off the coast of Hawaii on Thursday. The AN/SPY-6(V) radar worked to detect and track a short-range ballistic missile target and multiple air-to-surface cruise missile targets during the test, the …

Raytheon has completed the final land-based test for its interceptor missile designed to support anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and sea-based terminal ballistic missile defense operations. The company said Tuesday that the Standard Missile-6 Block IA platform was used to intercept and eliminate a subsonic target from a test site located in …

The U.S. Navy has conducted flight tests of the Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 weapon system to validate whether the missile is ready to obtain full operational capability. Raytheon said Thursday four SM-6 missiles were launched throughout the “graduation” tests to engage shore-launched, sub- or supersonic targets. Mike Campisi, Raytheon SM-6 senior program director, said the Navy started to deploy SM-6s …

Raytheon has received a $10 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to continue to develop hardware and software that will incorporate gallium nitride technology into a ballistic missile defense radar system. Raytheon said Thursday GaN technology will help boost the range, search and friend-or-foe determining capacity of the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance …

Raytheon has showcased a company-built air and missile defense radar system during a ballistic missile defense exercise held at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The exercise tested if Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6 radar could acquire, search and track a ballistic missile target and the test followed a series of activities in which the platform helped …