Koa Lani, a joint venture between Amentum and Kupono, will perform range and base operations for the U.S. Navy under a potential 10-year, $854 million contract. "Amentum is poised and ready to leverage our decades of expertise in support of this essential test and training mission,” said John Bozarth, senior vice president of business development for Amentum’s mission readiness strategic unit.
Read More »Kratos Delivers 100th Subsonic Aerial Target System to Navy
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has reached a new milestone for the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target with the delivery of its 100th production unit to Naval Air Systems Command.
Read More »Manu Kai Awarded $90M to Extend Pacific Missile Range Operations Support
Manu Kai has received a 12-month, $90M bridge contract from the U.S. Navy to help manage the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.
Read More »Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Air Defense Radar System Against Multiple Targets
A Raytheon-built air and missile defense radar has identified multiple targets during a recent test held at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. AN/SPY-6(V) worked to identify, track and intercept threats simultaneously, as well as intercepted a ballistic missile target, the company said Wednesday. The test followed …
Read More »Lockheed Awarded MDA Contract for Aegis Combat System Support Services
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin an $11.6M contract to operate and support the Aegis Combat System that the military uses to detect and counter enemy missiles. The company will also provide these services for the Aegis’ multi-mission signal processor, vertical launch system, command and decision system, weapon …
Read More »Raytheon Tests Air & Missile Defense Radar Against Multiple Targets
Raytheon has demonstrated a company-made air and missile defense radar against multiple missile targets at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. AN/SPY-6(V) worked to simultaneously detect and track a short-range ballistic missile target and multiple anti-ship cruise missile targets during the demonstration, which marks the radar’s third flight …
Read More »Kratos Short Range Ballistic Missile System Supports Navy Air and Missile Defense Radar Testing
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has offered its short range ballistic missile system to support U.S. Navy testing activities on the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar. The company said Thursday that the AN/SPY-6(V) system acquired and tracked the movement of the Kratos Space and Missile Defense Systems-built SRBM technology which was …
Read More »Kratos Helps Navy Test Air & Missile Defense Radar Against Ballistic Missile Target
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has provided a live ballistic missile target for the U.S. Navy‘s test of an air and missile defense radar on July 27. The Raytheon-made AN/SPY-6(V) radar worked to acquire and track Kratos’ medium range ballistic missile target that was launched from the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in …
Read More »Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar in 2nd Ballistic Missile Flight Test
Raytheon has demonstrated an air and missile defense radar platform during the second ballistic missile flight test held at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V) radar searched and tracked a long-range ballistic missile test target as well as satellites and aircraft during the live test flight, …
Read More »MDA Seeks Industry Info on High Altitude, Long Endurance UAS
The Missile Defense Agency has posted a request for information on a high altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft system that can provide support in the 2023 timeframe. MDA said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that the UAS should be able to carry a high energy laser system payload to high altitudes to mature boost phase intercept, …
Read More »Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar Capacity at Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise in Hawaii
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 …
Read More »Orbital ATK, MDA Test Rocket Motor Nozzle on Raytheon’s SM-3
Orbital ATK and the Missile Defense Agency have demonstrated the company’s updated MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor nozzle aboard Raytheon‘s Standard Missile Block IB at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The company said Tuesday the missiles were fired from a Navy Aegis destroyer off the coast of Kauai to …
Read More »Raytheon, MDA Test Updated Standard Missile-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor
Raytheon and the Missile Defense Agency have validated the third stage rocket motor update for the updated Standard Missile-3 Block IB following completion of a flight test. MDA and Raytheon tested the in-flight performance of the SM-3 rocket motor following previous ground tests, the company said Thursday. The updated missile will join …
Read More »MDA Tests Lockheed Aegis Combat System Baseline 9.C1 on Navy Destroyer Ship
The Missile Defense Agency has collaborated with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Pacific Command to demonstrate the target detection features of a Lockheed Martin-built Aegis weapon system installed on the USS John Paul Jones guided-missile destroyer. MDA said Tuesday the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 Weapon System worked to detect and track a medium-range ballistic missile target …
Read More »MDA Puts Aegis Ashore, Standard Missile-3 Through Intercept Test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has evaluated a ground-based Aegis ballistic missile defense system in conjunction with a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 Block IB at an outdoor testing complex in Kauai, Hawaii. MDA said Thursday the Aegis Ashore system installed at the Pacific Missile Range Facility fired an SM-3 missile at a …
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