Rendering Shows Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD ) Weapon System Launcher With Eight Canisters – Lockheed Martin By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 20 May 2025 Defense officials have said it would take at least five to seven to develop its space-based weapons. An architecture, a
An upgraded version of the AN/TPY-2 radar. (Photo credit: RTX) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 19 May 2025 The upgraded AN/TPY-2 radar uses a Gallium Nitride semiconductor that allows it a longer range, enabling an interceptor to launch early enough to hit a hypersonic missile before its starts
Illustration of advanced global missile warning stations for enhanced defense capabilities (AI-generated, unrealistic). Credit: Ideogram. By Rosemary Potter, Published by Sustainability Times, 10 May 2025 In a significant boost to national defense capabilities, the Pentagon has awarded Northrop Grumman a $244 million contract to develop advanced global missile warning stations,
Space based interceptors - Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Taras Safronov, Published by Militarnyi, 19 April 2025 The United States already has the technology to begin developing space-based interceptor missiles capable of engaging intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). However, defense contractors are waiting for clear guidance from
Impression of Space based interceptors: Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 18 April 2025 Defense companies are eager to stake claims in Trump’s Golden Dome vision. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—As defense contractors await firm direction from the Pentagon on Golden Dome, executives
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Audry Decker, Published by Defense One, 18 April 2025 As Trump envisions “our manifest destiny into the stars,” the Space Force is set to play a key role in America’s space ambitions. When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed
Illustration of missile-tracking sensor satellites. Credit: L3Harris Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — Eight satellites designed by Millennium Space Systems with sensor payloads from L3Harris Technologies have cleared a key design review, paving the way for production and a planned late 2027
