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Space Development Agency launches study on Trump’s Iron Dome order
In a notice Wednesday, the agency said it is conducting a study that looks at how its architecture could be expanded as part ...
Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
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Missile Defense Agency Soliciting ‘Iron Dome’ Information
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning its outreach to industry to understand what new technologies would be available ...
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The national missile defense fantasy—again
the Missile Defense Agency. Trump wants a nuclear deal. Can he be the ultimate negotiator? Not an iron dome; more like an iron colander. The major technical problems that remain unresolved—and ...
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
Just last December, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first successful intercept of a ballistic missile target from the island using the Aegis Guam System, which fired a land-based ...
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Raytheon aims to boost SM-3 missile production rates
The cruiser Lake Erie fires an SM-3 Block 1B in 2013. (U.S. Navy) Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the U.S. Navy weapon, as global ...
Missile Defense Agency asking contractors for ideas to build Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’
The Pentagon agency charged with responding to emerging missile threats is asking the defense industry for ideas on how to implement President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America.” Trump ...