"...Media are invited to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, Aug. 14 to view the final piece of space flight hardware for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis II mission before it is delivered to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All other elements of the SLS rocket for Artemis II are stacked on mobile launcher 1 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. Artemis II, NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft, is currently scheduled for a 10-day trip around the Moon no later than April 2026.
The Orion stage adapter, built by NASA Marshall, connects the SLS rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage to NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The small ring structure is the..."
Reference: www.nasa.gov
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"...Raytheon has been developing the SM-2 Block III C/U variants for a number of years, incorporating guidance upgrades compared to legacy missiles. ..."
Reference: www.naval-technology.com
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"Lockheed Martin is expanding its missile assembly campus on a former World War II U.S. Army Air Corps site...Lockheed-Martin Next Generation Interceptor and Space Vice President Sarah Reeves told AL.com the company expects to complete an 88,000 square-foot assembly plant in Courtland for the long-range ballistic missile defense interceptor - Next Generation Interceptor – by early next year...."
Reference: www.al.com
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"...White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (July 30, 2025) - The 1950s and 1960s marked a significant era in the history of White Sands Missile Range, a period characterized by dynamic advancements in missile testing and development. When reflecting on this decade, one cannot overlook the monumental impact of V-2 rockets and the innovative testing methodologies that emerged at the facility. ..."
Reference: www.elpasotimes.com
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"...With hundreds of billions of dollars at stake for the US’s ambitious Golden Dome project, weapons-maker Lockheed Martin is aiming to achieve a major milestone. The company wants to test a space-based missile interceptor demonstrator by 2028, capable of even targeting highly maneuverable hypersonic missiles. ..."
Reference: www.eurasiantimes.com
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Article Excerpt: "...The U.S. Air Force is trying to acquire Tesla Cybertrucks to use as missile targets in battlefield training, according to recent filings. The military’s invocation of the Tesla brand is emblematic of the tightening relationship not only between the Pentagon and Elon Musk, but with Big Tech more broadly, according to American University foreign policy professor Gordon Adams..."
Reference Source: fortune.com
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"...Russia has formerly pulled out of a treaty prohibiting the deployment of short and medium-range nuclear missiles, warning the West to “expect further steps”. ..."
Reference: www.yahoo.com
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"...In 2024, officials expected Florida's Space Coast — home of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — to break the freshly established 2023 annual record of 72 orbital rocket launches, with SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 accounting for most of the missions.
The Space Coast easily did, reaching 93 launches with the last launch of the year on New Year's Eve. That's a new record. Will it be broken in 2025?
Following is the list of 2024 launches from Cape Canaveral:
1. SpaceX Ovzon-3 satellite
An Ovzon-3 communications satellite launched from a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 6:04 p.m. Jan. 3 from Launch Complex 40..."
Reference: www.yahoo.com
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"L3Harris helps develop the missiles used by troops around the globe. ...“We’re seeing that demand signal, and we’re prepared for it,” said Mark Farley, the Vice President of Site Operations & Manufacturing at Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris company.
The company recently opened a second solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in Huntsville.
“The components that we’re making here go into the solid rocket motor,” Farley said. ..."
Reference: whnt.com
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"...The U.S. Army is about three months away from releasing its air and missile defense strategy for 2040, Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, commander of the service’s Space and Missile Defense Command, said Tuesday at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
One year ago, at the same conference in Huntsville, Alabama, Gainey announced that a strategy was in the works to address a variety of new and emerging complex threats and would roll that document out in October 2025. ..."
Reference: www.defensenews.com
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"...The deployment of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) was part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, a multinational war game hosted by Australia in July, during which the U.S. conducted a live-fire drill with its Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system. ..."
Reference: www.newsweek.com
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"Defending America at Home and
Abroad ...The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world...."
Reference: smdsymposium.org
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"...The deals, with Lockheed Martin for the Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile and RTX for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, are expected to cover hundreds, if not thousands of munitions. ..."
Reference: www.airandspaceforces.com
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"...The military said air defense systems successfully intercepted the threat. The sirens sounded across central Israel, including the Tel Aviv area, the Shfela region, Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank. ..."
Reference: www.ynetnews.com
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"...Navy unveiled its new Modular Attack Surface Craft program, which would likely see unmanned surface vessels carrying missiles long distances at sea.
The program calls for the development of a rugged, flexible and high-capacity unmanned surface vessel, or USV, capable of hauling a variety of “containerized payloads,” per a July 28 solicitation. Such payloads would include the maximum equivalent of more than four 40-foot containers — cargo that would roughly equal the size of the Navy’s anti-ballistic missile system, the Mark 70 Mod 1 Payload Delivery System. ..."
Reference: www.navytimes.com
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"...$172 million for surface-to-air missile systems. ...“We have to,” Trump said. “They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now. We’re going to send some more weapons — defensive weapons primarily.”
Trump recently endorsed a plan to have European allies buy U.S. military equipment that can then be transferred to Ukraine. It was not immediately clear how the latest proposed sales related to that arrangement. ..."
Reference: apnews.com
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"...Yemen’s Houthi rebels have announced a new escalation, threatening to target any commercial vessels connected to Israeli ports regardless of their country of origin. This campaign, focused on the strategic Bab el Mandeb Strait, aims to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthis have already attacked over 100 ships, sunk multiple vessels, and launched missiles at Israel..."
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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"...Another missile arcs over the Middle East as the Houthis intensify their campaign against Israel. On Friday night, Israeli air defence systems intercepted a hypersonic ballistic missile launched from Yemen. The Houthi rebels claimed the strike was aimed at a “sensitive target” in Beersheba..."
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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"...“We’ve been very, very selective on getting not only the right talent, but the right personalities that understand how to go fast,” Guetlein said Tuesday at the Innovate Space Global Economic Summit in Arlington, Virginia. “Not everybody understands what it takes to move at that speed.”...Guetlein said he has a long way to go in building his team but has a list of 30 names, identified from across industry and academia that he hopes will join the effort. ..."
Reference: www.airforcetimes.com
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"...“The [defense secretary] determined that the construction … is necessary to obtain full operational control of the border at the [Barry M. Goldwater Range] and requested each Service Secretary to assess and decide on the need for this project,” according to the Pentagon’s request to Congress.
Earlier this month, the Pentagon established a new national defense area, or NDA, near the bombing range as an extension of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and placed this NDA under control of the Navy. ..."
Reference: www.armytimes.com
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"...The investment case for the stock is relatively easy to understand. It's based on the enduring need for defense equipment and services, as well as its increasing importance in an age of geopolitical conflict. Not only is President Donald Trump seeking to ramp up the defense budget to a record $1.01 trillion, but NATO has also been enlarged, and its members have recently agreed to invest 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on core defense requirements as well as defense and security-related spending by 2035. ..."
Reference: www.aol.com
NOTE: This is not investment advice.
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"...The U.S. Space Command headquarters appears poised to be moving to Huntsville after Alabama Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt talked with President Donald Trump about relocating it from Colorado this week.
Tuberville expressed confidence Thursday that North Alabama will soon be home to SPACECOM, which could bring to a close the years-long saga over where the permanent headquarters should be located.
“I know we’re all excited about getting Space Command to Redstone Arsenal once and for all,” Tuberville told reporters. “This week, I’ve spent several hours on the phone and several hours in the Oval Office with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth talking about the future of Space Command, not if, but when it happens, and that will be soon.”..."
Reference: aldailynews.com
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"...As proposed, the Air Force would acquire 3,010 FAMM weapons in fiscal 2026 alone, the first year of production. That is equivalent to more than half of the 5,569 Lockheed Martin AGM-158 cruise missiles expected to be acquired over the decades-long life span of the similar—albeit considerably pricier—Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program. ...The Anduril Barracuda-500 and the Zone 5 Technologies Rusty Dagger cruise missiles are the finalists to win the first FAMM production contract next year. ..."
Reference: aviationweek.com
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"Navy is planning for its next-generation destroyer, currently known as the DDG(X)...The DDG(X) is intended to replace what are called “Aegis destroyers,” which include the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. They are known as “Aegis destroyers,” because they feature the Aegis Combat System, described by the Navy as “the first fully integrated combat system built to defend against advanced air and surface threats.”...The DDG(X) will have increased cruising range and hold 96 standard Vertical Launch System cells, with an ability to replace 32 of these with 12 missile launch cells. "
Reference: www.navytimes.com
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"...According to information published by Anduril Industries via its official X account on July 17, 2025, the company has completed a new series of flight tests for its Barracuda-100M autonomous air vehicle, conducted in May 2025 under the U.S. Army’s High-Speed Maneuverable Missile (HSMM) program. ..."
Reference: armyrecognition.com
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