Kratos wins $579 million space defence contract for ground control system
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions to provide satellite control capabilities to US Space Force and US Space Command.
Dutch missile defence progresses
Thales-Nederland is developing its SMART-L early warning capability (EWC) L-band long range radar with ballistic missile defence (BDM) capability.
The company is talking to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) about participating in BMD-exercises near Hawaii in 2019 for the qualification of the BMD-EWC.
Progress on an engineering development model (EDM) is ongoing before beginning the full scale development of four SMART-L EWC systems. It is expecting instillation of the system on board a Dutch air-defence and command frigate in 2018.
An EDM was fitted to a radar tower in spring 2015 and has been used for testing so far. 'The EDM will be replaced by the first
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