Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) to patrol East Coast

Pentagon launching missile defense blimps to patrol East Coast

"...The system is called JLENS, short for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System. The radar is used to spot missiles or “swarming boats” filled with explosives from as far away as 340 miles...."

Reference: rt.com .

Raytheon is expanding a futuristic factory in Huntsville where SM-3 and SM-6 missiles are assembled.

Aerospace Finds a Home in Alabama

"...Lockheed Martin is adding an annex to produce cruise missiles at its Pike County plant, where the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is made. Lockheed Martin also makes unmanned aerial systems in Huntsville. Raytheon is expanding a futuristic factory in Huntsville where SM-3 and SM-6 missiles are assembled...."

Reference: www.pfonline.com .

Hanscom Air Force Base to assist Qatar with air and missile defense system

Hanscom to assist Qatar with air and missile defense system

"...As part of a $7.3 billion FMS case between Qatar and the United States, the Air Force -- specifically the Battle Management Directorate here at Hanscom -- will develop an Air and Missile Defense Operations Center, or ADOC, and provide the integration necessary for both U.S. and foreign ground-based air and missile defense systems...."

Reference: www.afmc.af.mil .

State Department: International Security and Missile Defense

State Department: International Security and Missile Defense

"... discuss three key issues:

First, the United States’ commitment to ballistic missile defense (BMD) and the Fiscal Year 2015 missile defense budget request;

Second, the significant progress that has been made in implementing the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) over the past year; and;

Third, cooperation on missile defense with allies and partners outside of Europe....

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Reference: www.state.gov .

Successful test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System

US Successfully Tests Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Amid Ongoing Tensions With Russia

"...The United States successfully tested the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, or BMD, system over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, simultaneously destroying one ballistic missile target and two cruise missile targets, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, announced in a statement...."

Reference: www.ibtimes.com .

Lockheed Martin awarded $124.6 million THAAD contrac

Lockheed Martin awarded $124.6 million THAAD contract

"...The contract provides for the delivery of U.S. government THAAD launchers, support equipment, fire control and communication spares, and launcher spares...."

Reference: www.onlineamd.com .

Home with missile bunkers is for sale; get better security than the White House (Video)

$1.5M house for sale has 3 Cold War-era missile bunkers

"...the offbeat home listing and takes viewers on a tour of the three missile bunkers, which were used in the 1950s to house rocket-propelled warheads...."

Reference: www.usatoday.com .

United Arab Emirates Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) modification to an existing contract

Lockheed Martin providing missile spare parts to United Arab Emirants

"...Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, has been awarded an $11,090,210 firm-fixed-price modification to an existing contract for United Arab Emirates Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) foreign military sales spares...."

Reference: www.magnoliareporter.com .

Russian strategic bombers conducted practice cruise missile attacks on the United States

Russian Strategic Bombers Near Canada Practice Cruise Missile Strikes on US

"...Gen. Yuri Yakubov, a senior Defense Ministry official, was quoted by the state-run Interfax news agency as saying that Russia’s 2010 military doctrine should be revised to identify the United States and the NATO alliance as enemies, and clearly outline the conditions for a preemptive nuclear strike against them...."

Reference: freebeacon.com .

Hargreaves: former nuclear missile silo in Wamego netted chemicals to produce millions of doses of LSD

Author: LSD missile silo case likened to 'Breaking Bad'

Operation: Trip to Oz

"...Guy Hargreaves has written a book ( Operation: Trip to Oz ) about the law enforcement raid of a former nuclear missile silo in Wamego, which netted chemicals to produce millions of doses of LSD, the hallucinogenic drug. Hargreaves is a former agent in the federal Drug Enforcement Administration...."
Reference: cjonline.com .

Hypersonic glider suffers second unsuccessful test

Army rocket blown up during failed launch in Kodiak

"...A test of a new Army weapon failed 4 seconds into flight from the Kodiak Launch Complex early Monday when the rocket went awry and was blown to bits by flight controllers...."

Reference: www.adn.com .

Inside Raytheon’s SM-3, SM-6 Missile Interceptor Facility (with video)

Inside Raytheon’s SM-3, SM-6 Missile Interceptor Factory

"... inside the fences of the Redstone Arsenal — a sprawling Army base just minutes from downtown Huntsville — is where defense giant Raytheon assembles ship-launched missile interceptors..."

Reference: rocketcity-us.blogspot.com

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SpaceX rocket explodes at Texas test facility

SpaceX rocket explodes at Texas test facility

"...A SpaceX rocket exploded Friday during a test flight in McGregor, Texas, after an anomaly was detected in the vehicle, the company said...."

Reference: www.usatoday.com .

Lockheed Martin earns $124 million contract for THAAD spare parts and support

Lockheed Martin earns $124 million contract for THAAD spare parts and support

"...The expected completion date is Aug. 7, 2017. Fiscal 2014 procurement funds are being obligated at time of award. The contract was a sole-source acquisition and one offer was received. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity...."

Reference: www.magnoliareporter.com .

Redstone Arsenal remote weapon station test of Javelin missile

Javelin missile tested at Redstone from remote weapon station

"...The Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture recently fired a Javelin missile from a remote weapon station integrated onto a wheeled vehicle at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama...."
Reference: www.waaytv.com .

Israel uses the Iron Dome system only against rockets headed toward populated areas

How Iron Dome blocks rockets from Gaza, protects Israelis

"...More than 250 rockets have been fired out of Gaza toward Israel in that time, the IDF said. Israel uses the Iron Dome system only against rockets headed toward populated areas. If one appears to be headed for an empty field, the dome does not activate...."

Reference: www.cnn.com .

Modification to a Previous Presolicitation Notice - A-- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT W9113M-09-0001-2014 FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY

Modification to a Previous Presolicitation Notice - A-- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT W9113M-09-0001-2014 FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY

"...The SMDC announces interest in receiving research, development, and technology maturation white papers/proposals with technical, management, and cost consideration. White papers/proposals submitted should include new ideas for advanced and innovative concepts as well as prototype hardware and software for current and emerging space and missile defense science and technology. The SMDC conducts space, directed energy, missile defense, cruise missile defense and related technology research and development for the Army, Missile Defense Agency, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Office of the Secretary of Defense High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office, and other defense-related government agencies. Furthermore, SMDC plans and executes missile defense test and evaluation programs and related analysis and is interested in pursuing opportunities for technical cooperation and partnerships with academia, industry, and international organizations. 3. Invitation to Submit Proposals The SMDC is interested in receiving white papers/proposals for the basic and applied research efforts described under this BAA. This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to make any award or to pay for any response preparation costs. The cost of proposal preparation for response to a BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resultant contract or any other contract;..."

Reference: insurancenewsnet.com .

Long-range ballistic missile hit by kill-vehicle in Sunday missile test

Missile Defense Test Deemed a Success

"...kill-vehicle launched Sunday from the Lompoc base successfully struck a long-range ballistic missile launched from the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific as part of an ongoing missile defense program..."

Reference: www.independent.com .

Ground-based interceptor will try to hit target weapon launched from Kwajalein Atoll this month

Major Missile Defense Test Planned for Vandenberg Air Force Base This Month

"... At the hearing, however, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, referred to the test as being June 22. Officials won’t confirm the test date until the Air Force has issued notices to aviators and mariners..."

Reference: www.noozhawk.com .

Missile Defense Contracts Awarded to Miltec, Lockheed Martin

Miltec, Lockheed Martin land missile defense contracts

"...Miltec Corp. of Huntsville was awarded a $44 million contract for labor, materiel and research and development on the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon - Technology Demonstration for Space and Missile Defense Command. The contract covers work through June 2019 and will take place in Huntsville...."

Reference: www.al.com .

The strategic ground is shifting: US needs to enhance missile defense to counter North Korean threat

Missile Defense and the North Korean Nuclear Threat

"...many in Washington and Seoul to believe that the DPRK is planning to conduct its fourth nuclear test and/or another long-range missile test to enhance the credibility of its nuclear deterrent. But while public attention is once again on the idea of a North Korean nuclear-tipped ICBM that could threaten the continental United States, the strategic ground is shifting...."

Reference: thediplomat.com .

Russian jet loaded with missiles pulls dangerous fly-by aimed at U.S. aircraft

'Dangerous' Russian jet fly-by was 'straight out of a movie'

"...U.S. Air Force RC-135U aircraft flying on a routine mission over the Sea of Okhotsk was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 Flanker aircraft. The Russian aircraft turned and "showed its belly" to the U.S. crew so they could see it was armed with missiles..."
Reference: www.cnn.com .

Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Project Office, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon serves with Habitat for Humanity in Huntsville

Air/missile defense team puts back into community

"...On April 26, several members, friends and family of the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Project Office partnered with their counterparts from Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to serve at the Habitat for Humanity in Huntsville...."

Reference: www.theredstonerocket.com .

Hawaii residents saw mysterious lights in the Tuesday night sky (video)

Lights confirmed as contrails from Kauai missile test

"...The mysterious lights that Hawaii residents saw in the Tuesday night sky was indeed the shifting contrails of the Aegis missile that was being tested on Kauai..."

Reference: www.kitv.com

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Medium Extended Air Defense System Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe subsystem has received full certification

MEADS System certified for identifying friend or foe aircraft

"...The Multifunction Fire Control Radar is a 360-degree X-band, solid-state, phased array radar that provides precision tracking and wideband discrimination and classification capabilities. Both radars provide threat-detection capability against highly maneuverable, low-signature threats, including short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and other air-breathing threats...."

Reference: www.financial-news.co.uk .