A variant of Raytheon Technologies' Standard Missile-3 system took down an intercontinental ballistic missile during a flight test demonstration led by the Missile Defense Agency, marking the first time such technology intercepted a target outside Earth's atmosphere.
Read More »Kathy Warden: Northrop Invests in Digital Engineering for Air Force GBSD Missile Program
Kathy Warden, the chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the company is leveraging digital manufacturing technologies for U.S. Air Force missile programs, Defense News reported Tuesday.
Read More »Kathy Warden: Northrop Optimistic on Nuclear Modernization Initiatives Under New Admin
Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said she “is very confident” that nuclear modernization programs would still get government backing in the event that a new president gets elected, Inside Defense reported Thursday.
Read More »SAIC Wins $79M Task Order to Support USAF Supply Chain; Michael LaRouche Quoted
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a five-year, $79 million task order by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to deliver mission engineering services to the 414th Supply Chain Management Squadron’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) LGM-30 Minuteman III missile system, the company reported on Tuesday. SAIC will provide end-to-end product support and sustainment solutions.
Read More »Northrop’s Kathy Warden: Air Force’s Urgency to Replace ICBM Keeps GBSD Program on Pace
Kathy Warden, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said she believes future budget pressures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic will not have an impact on the schedule of the U.S. Air Force’s $85B Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.
Read More »Air Force Concludes Initial Review of Northrop’s GBSD System Design
The U.S. Air Force conducted in late April a three-day preliminary design review of Northrop Grumman’s proposed system for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program, the service branch reported Friday.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Conducts Large Rocket Motor Static Fire Test; Eileen Drake Quoted
Aerojet Rocketdyne has demonstrated the static fire performance of a new solid rocket motor designed to provide bolstered propulsion with reduced operational and production requirements.
Read More »Textron Lands $51M Minuteman III Missile Antenna Delivery Contract Modification
Textron Systems has received a 10-year, $51.3M contract modification to provide multiprobe antenna systems for the U.S. Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Read More »Northrop Awarded MDA Missile Target Upgrade Contract Modification
Northrop Grumman's innovation systems sector has received a $46.8M contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to provide upgrade kits for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile target capability.
Read More »Boeing-Led Team Conducts Missile Defense System Dual Interceptor Test
A Boeing-led industry team and the Missile Defense Agency launched two ground-based interceptors to counter an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. Boeing said Monday one interceptor zeroed in on the ICBM target in space and the second GBI observed the intercept before homing in on additional debris as part of the “two-shot salvo” engagement test.
Read More »Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: Tech Against Missile Threats Could Back Strategic Defense Initiative 2.0
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, has said several technologies have matured in the last two decades and could support the second iteration of the Strategic Defense Initiative that was canceled in 1993, National Defense reported Monday. SDI is a program during the Reagan administration that sought to counter the …
Read More »Boeing Gets $70M Modification on Air Force Minuteman III Missile Support Contract
Boeing has received a $70.5M contract modification to support the U.S. Air Force‘s flight test, telemetry and termination program for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. The modification revises ICBM specifications related to cable and antenna test requirements, flight termination receiver, electronic interference and parts management plan, the Defense Department said …
Read More »Boeing, Northrop Draft Requirements for Next Phase of ICBM Replacement Program
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have started setting the requirements for the next phase of a program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force’s aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, National Defense Magazine reported Friday. Patricia Dare, team lead for strategic deterrence systems at Boeing, said the firm will provide the Air …
Read More »Boeing Secures $56M ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Contract From Air Force
Boeing has received a $55.6M undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide program management support and components for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Cryptography Upgrade Increment II effort. The company will produce eight digital components and 75 message processor drawers in compliance with the government’s minimum requirement for the …
Read More »Boeing Presents Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Designs to Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has received Boeing’s design options for a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system envisioned to thwart nuclear threats over the next five decades. Boeing said Friday it completed a system requirements review for the service branch’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program in November, three months after the company won a $349.1 million contract to support GBSD technology …
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