"...Work on the $1.2 billion contract for Patriot missile launchers will be performed by Raytheon at several locations in the U.S., including Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, in addition to Germany and Switzerland. The Pentagon estimated that work on the contract will be completed by the end of 2032. ..."
Reference: www.msn.com .
"Hertling, who served as commanding general of the U.S. Army Europe... gave his perspective on where the defense systems could be put to best use by Ukraine. "It's a point defense system," Hertling said. "It's got to be placed in a location that is defending a target like a capital city, Kyiv, or a port city like Odessa. This is not a weapon system that can be moved around on the battlefield based on changing threats. It has to be placed somewhere to defend it." ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com .
"the 65 Ukrainian soldiers who have been training at the installation since January on how to use the defensive missile system to track and shoot down enemy aircraft. ...The Patriot missile system, which hasn’t yet been deployed in Ukraine, is particularly useful for defending population centers and critical infrastructure...expected to leave Oklahoma in the next several days for additional training in Germany before they deploy to Ukraine with a Patriot missile battery that typically includes six mobile launchers, a mobile radar, a power generator and an engagement control center."
Reference: www.defensenews.com .
"MDA’s budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 is $10.9 billion. The FY 2024 budget will continue the development, rigorous testing and fielding of reliable, increasingly capable, advanced missile defenses. The Agency’s priorities for missile defense are..."
Reference: www.mda.mil .
"...The Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) is a United States Department of Defense security, medical and psychological evaluation program, designed to permit only the most trustworthy individuals to have access to nuclear weapons (NPRP), chemical weapons (CPRP), and biological weapons (BPRP). The program was first instituted for nuclear weapons during the Cold War; it was later extended to the realm of chemical and biological workers. Among its goals are, (Quoting from DOD Directive 5210.42) ...Only those personnel who have demonstrated the highest degree of individual reliability for allegiance, trustworthiness, conduct, behavior, and responsibility shall be allowed to perform duties associated with nuclear weapons, and they shall be continuously evaluated for adherence to PRP standards. ..."
Reference: wikipedia.org
Article Title: Russia flying more armed aircraft over US bases
Snippet of Article: "Kurilla talked about the ongoing harassment of the U.S. forces in the region during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. ...Russian aircrafts have become emboldened lately to act more aggressive towards U.S. bases. He said that the actions of the Russian Air Force...They fly over our bases with ground attack aircraft with weapons on them..."
"Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $31,389,031 modification (P00011) to contract W31P4Q-20-D-0019 for Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Plug & Fight A-Kit. "
Reference: www.defense.gov .
"The Department of Defense's fiscal 2024 budget request includes $9.1 billion “in support of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative,” which includes Guam, according to a release from DOD. “The effort includes resilient and distributed air basing, new missile warning and tracking architecture... The DOD also said its budget request includes an additional $1.5 billion for the “defense of Guam against the missile threat from China.” The Missile Defense Agency held a media conference on March 14 to provide more details of its own sought-after spending plan, in which Guam is noticeably included as well. “Current forces are capable of defending Guam against today's North Korean ballistic missile threats."
Reference: www.mvariety.com .
"Even when a claim against a federal contractor is dismissed, it never dies. Like a zombie, it can rise forth and bite you. That’s what a decade-plus dispute between..."
Reference: federalnewsnetwork.com .
"An emphasis in this budget of note is munitions, he said. "Ukraine has certainly informed us of the lack of flexibility in our industrial base...FY24 budget for munitions is $30.6 billion, an increase of $5.8 billion above the FY23 request...$17.3 billion for tactical missiles, $7.3 billion for strategic missiles...includes a 5.2% pay raise, informed by the rate of the private sector wage increases last year"
Reference: www.defense.gov .
"This course provides key insights from CSIS experts and practitioners on what the Biden Administration’s FY 2024 budget and strategy documents reveal about strategic priorities, major budget movements, force structure adds and cuts, and acquisition program changes. Eligibility | Registration ..."
Reference: www.csis.org .
"...the Biden administration released its Fiscal Year 2023 defense budget request. The administration’s second budget requests $24.7 billion for a category it calls “missile defeat and defense,” an increase from the $21.9 billion enacted in 2022. This grouping of programs includes traditional missile defense programs funded in the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and military services but also programs usually associated with strategic missile warning and certain programs to counter missile threats prior to launch, including hypersonic strike and cyberattack. A complete list of line items in the official DoD missile defeat and defense category is difficult to reproduce. As a result..."
Reference: www.csis.org .
"The Missile Defense Agency’s $10.9 billion fiscal 2024 budget prioritizes regional and homeland missile defense with a major focus on building an air and missile defense architecture in Guam...."
Reference: www.defensenews.com .
"...A North Korean state media report yesterday came a day after South Korea’s military detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea from a site near the western coastal city of Nampo. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff was assessing whether more missiles might have been launched simultaneously. ...South Korea’s Ministry of Unification later yesterday urged North Korea to stop raising tensions with “reckless nuclear and missile programs and military provocations.” "
Reference: Taipei Times .
" Australia has requested to buy up to 255 Javelin FGM-148F missiles. The prime US contractor will be the Javelin Joint Venture between defense contractors Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp, the Pentagon said in a statement. Australia has been boosting its defense spending over the past few years as China looks to step up its presence in the Indo-Pacific region...."
Reference: www.gmanetwork.com .
"...the missiles used this time, and Ukraine’s mixed success in shooting them down, has led to renewed pleas for better air defenses. If Russia can field numbers of its new hypersonic missiles, the game may be about to change. According to a statement from General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, the attacks aimed at critical infrastructure..."
Reference: www.forbes.com .
"The latest attack targeted Ukraine’s infrastructure and caused damage as far as Lviv in the west of the country. ...Russia had launched 81 missiles of different varieties from air, land and sea, in addition to eight Iranian-made attack drones. Four of the drones and 34 cruise missiles were intercepted, Gen. Zaluzhny said...."
Reference: www.wsj.com .
"“The problem is that both of the Russian as well as the Ukrainian success in integrated air and missile defense made much of those aircraft worthless because they can’t go over and do close air support,” he said when asked about what might be required to reconstitute Ukraine’s diminished air power. Ukrainian air defenses are composed of a hodgepodge of Soviet-era weapons and more modern Western systems supplied by countries like the US, Germany and the United Kingdom, with each requiring their own specialized training. Ukrainians decide where to position assets, Hecker said, and have been able to effectively defend their airspace despite challenges inherent in fielding several different types of weapon systems. ..."
Reference: breakingdefense.com .
"Raytheon Technologies has won a contract worth more than $250 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency to design and develop a satellite system to detect and track hypersonic missiles and other threats. ..."
Reference: www.bizjournals.com .
