Agency Awards Contracts for Tracking Layer of National Defense Space Architecture
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The Space Development Agency announced that two companies won bids to build satellites that will be able to provide missile tracking data for hypersonic glide vehicles and the next generation of advanced missile threats.
Agency Awards Contracts to Build Out Tracking Layer of National Defense Space Architecture
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The Space Development Agency announced that two companies won bids to build satellites that will be able to provide missile tracking data for hypersonic glide vehicles and the next generation of advanced missile threats.
Policy Chief Outlines Changes to U.S. Defense Postures in Germany, European Theater
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The Defense Department continues to prioritize implementation of the National Defense Strategy, including building a more lethal force and strengthening alliances, DOD's acting undersecretary of defense for policy said.
Army, Air Force Form Partnership, Lay Foundation for Interoperability
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The Army and Air Force signed a two-year collaboration agreement in the development of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, which will impact units in both branches.
DOD Official Discusses Hypersonics Development
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The Defense Department is developing hypersonic strike systems because of their unique warfighting aspects of range, speed, maneuverability, survivability and lethality, the assistant director of hypersonics said.
'Tipping Point' Is Here for Nuclear Modernization, Defense Official Says
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The nuclear enterprise has reached a critical juncture beyond which failure to act will have devastating consequences going into the future, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said.
DOD Official Outlines U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Strategy
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There is broad, bipartisan support for the modernization of the nuclear triad, which includes bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines and the systems that control them, a Defense Department expert said.
DOD Officials Discuss Framework for Advancing Directed Energy Weapons
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The Defense Department is developing directed energy weapons — high-powered lasers and microwaves — in concert with industry in a way designed to achieve optimal outcomes.
Guided by National Defense Strategy, Defense Department Increases Force Lethality
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The best way the United States can avoid war is for everyone to know it would win, which means having the most lethal combat force on the planet.
Missile Agency Director Describes Threat, Countermeasures
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In recent years, threats from new missile systems against the homeland, deployed forces and friends and allies have arisen from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, the director of the Missile Defense Agency said.