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Efforts underway to resuscitate weapons supply chain

Primes are investing their own dollars to meet demand, particularly as the Pentagon plans to invest more than $20 billion in munitions in its next budget.
Reorganizing the missile defense enterprise

Make no mistake: The first time someone isn’t looking, Army budgeteers will probably try to use the additional funding to buy trucks rather than THAADs, and Navy budgeteers will try to buy hulls and Tomahawks rather than SM-3s.
With failures in the rearview, the US Navy and Missile Defense Agency push toward critical missile test

The SM-3 Block IIA missile is heading for a crucial test that the Pentagon hopes will dispel nagging doubts after two successive failures.

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Thanks to missile sales to UAE, US Army can buy 100 more advanced Patriot missiles

To buy 100 PAC-3 MSEs, the Army has sold 100 PAC-3 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical missiles to the UAE, collecting $363 million in proceeds.
Congress offers millions in budget to cyber-harden missile defense systems

House and Senate appropriators’ funding lines for cyber-hardening missile defense systems are essentially identical.
Congress intensifies push for reluctant MDA to focus on space-based missile defense

A space-based sensor layer’s persistent vantage point would provide hostile missile tracking from birth to death, a capability far beyond that of ground sensors.
Israel activated its David’s Sling missile system for the first time. Will more sales start booming?

With Iron Dome shown to be successful and an Arrow missile used to down a Syrian surface-to-air missile, all the layers of Israel’s advanced missile defense have now been put to use.
The S-400 deal, from Russia’s perspective

As Ankara and Washington remain in a virtual political standoff, Russia stands to win big.
Congress says Pentagon must come up with boost phase missile defense plan next year

Congressional authorizers are requiring the Missile Defense Agency director to establish a program that develops the means to intercept hostile ballistic missiles during their boost phase of flight.
‘Shaking hands with the Russians’: Erdogan sole decision-maker on S-400 deal

Turkey’s top defense procurement office confirmed in late December that Ankara and Moscow had finalized a contract for the acquisition and deployment of the Russian S-400 long-range air and anti-missile defense system on Turkish soil.
Patriot missile breaks its own distance record to defeat threat target in test

The U.S. Army’s PAC-3 MSE defeated an air-breathing target, breaking its own distance record at the point of impact.
No space force for Trump in big Pentagon policy bill

The 2019 defense policy bill does not create a space force. Here’s what it does do.
The US Navy’s new anti-ship missile scores a hit at RIMPAC, but there’s a twist

The demonstration is likely to raise eyebrows in China.
3 thoughts on hypersonic weapons from the Pentagon’s technology chief

The U.S., Russia and China are all pursuing hypersonic weapons. Here are some factors to keep in mind.
Israel again fires Patriot missile at drone from Syria

The defense system was fired at a Syrian drone “flying over the demilitarized zone” and it was “most likely intercepted,” the military said.
Lockheed to double Patriot missile production as orders explode

Lockheed Martin is taking steps to increase its production of PAC-3 MSE as orders continue to be on the rise both in the U.S. and abroad.
5th fleet commander: Intel-sharing clear barrier to military cooperation

A week after Saudi Arabia intercepted yet another ballistic missile over its territory, the U.S. Fifth Fleet commander urged nations in his theater of operations to share more relevant information in real time to combat common and growing threats.
Turkish state media boasts about new missile, ability to shoot down US aircraft

Turkey’s state run news agency Anadolu on Wednesday published an infographic showcasing the capabilities of the country’s new Russian-acquired S-400 missile defense system — and its ability to shoot down U.S. aircraft.
Japan deploys PAC-3 missile interceptor near North Korea flight path

The relocation comes after a North Korean missile was test-fired last week and flew over southern Hokkaido and landed in the Pacific.
Mattis: US to keep nuclear triad for deterrence

The nation’s nuclear deterrent posture will remain triad-based, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday.
South Korea conducts cruise missile drill

South Korea has been accelerating efforts to ramp up its military capabilities in the face of a torrent of nuclear weapons tests by North Korea.
Turkey reportedly committed to buying Russian missile defense system

Turkey is a NATO member and its negotiations for the purchase of the Russian system have raised concerns with allies.
US Army wants to buy lightweight precision munitions fast

The U.S. Army is looking for ways to rapidly buy lightweight precision munitions for unmanned aircraft systems as it burns through more expensive missiles carrying out a wide variety of missions.