"HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In November 2023, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully completed a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) acquisition milestone for the nation's modernized long range ballistic missile interceptor. The company completed the first Knowledge Point – known as KP1 – ahead of schedule, taking a major contractual step forward that allows its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program to continue development towards the Critical Design Review (CDR). ..."
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"...The Tomahawk missile has become an iconic part of the U.S. military inventory, but due to conflicts overseas and production issues at home, America is in danger of running out of the venerable missile. ..."
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"...A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a Belize-flagged ship travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, forcing the crew to abandon the ship, authorities said Monday. ..."
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"...US-owned bulk carrier called for military assistance stating a ‘missile attack,'” Ambrey says, adding that radio communications had stated that “the crew was unharmed.”
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen ..."
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"...two satellites for MDA's Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) and the final four SDA Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer satellites of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). As part of the National Security Space Launch program, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the satellites to orbit.
"This launch represents a pivotal time for MDA as we enter a new phase of missile warning, tracking and defense..."
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"The Hawkeye detected the Phantom right after its take-off from Bandar-e Abbas and monitored its progress in a western direction. Because it flew in the rough direction of the Orion, several warnings were aired: usually, the Iranians would react by turning away. Not this time: Kaknegar, headed straight for his slow target. Therefore, the E-2C ordered the P-3C...AIM-7E-2 Sparrow thundered away, dropping a bit before climbing up and to the front of the F-4E, releasing a typical trail of white smoke. ..."
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"Rumored for more than a decade, the aircraft in question -- an unpiloted drone called the RQ-180..."
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"...What happened to the missile fired by the MiG-25? Could it have locked onto the Foxbat itself? Could the SR-71 DEF have deceived it? We’ll never know.
However, we can assume that given that SR-71 had a cruise speed faster than the top speed of the MiG-25’s Acrid missiles, the Blackbird simply outran the AA-6. There was no chance a Foxbat could conduct a tail-chase interception of an SR-71 (the MiG-25 couldn’t carry out a head-on intercept of a Blackbird too: in fact, the Foxbat’s radar and fire control system was not sophisticated enough to solve the problems of a head-on intercept at closing speeds that would exceed Mach 5). ..."
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"RIYADH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), has signed agreements for Saudi Arabian companies to manufacture parts of its missile defense system ...The sub-contracts for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will enhance manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia and transfer expertise to strengthen the country’s defence industry, Lockheed said in a statement on Monday..."
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"...In a press release, police say the device is "in fact a Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1), an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead".
However, there was no warhead attached, meaning there was never any danger to the community. ..."
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"...This comes as a Mayport-based warship, the USS Carney, shot down another missile attack and three drones. US commanders and the president are vowing to strike back.
The USS Carney shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile which the Pentagon said came from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Minutes later, sailors shot down three Iranian drones, and by News4JAX’s count, that makes at least 27 shootdowns this deployment. ..."
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"...NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was in Alabama Wednesday to visit the Lockheed Martin missile plant in Troy. ..."
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"...In a significant step forward for U.S. homeland defense capabilities, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team, in collaboration with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), have successfully completed the All-Up Round (AUR) Preliminary Design Review (PDR) well ahead of the original schedule set by the contract. This achievement underscores the team's commitment to accelerating the deployment of this critical defense system to protect against intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) threats...."
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"...The missile got so close, in fact, that the USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was forced to rely on it Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) for the first time since the Houthis began their assault on military and cargo ships in November, the officials added.
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are equipped with the system as a last-line of defense against..."
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