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News - MDA

  • Defence Notes

    MTSI to support Missile Defense Agency CAPL programme

    23rd September 2020

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc (MTSI) is helping the US Missile Defense Agency extend its capabilities to defeat the next generation of threats.  Under a $68.5 …

  • Digital Battlespace

    First LRDR array is in place, says Lockheed

    26th August 2020

    Engineers from Lockheed Martin and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have completed installation of the first 60ft x 60ft Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) array in …

  • Defence Notes

    Israel and US complete latest Arrow test

    13th August 2020

    The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), Israeli Air Force (IAF) and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed a flight test of the …

  • Defence Notes

    US commanders seek integrated approach to space and missile threats

    5th August 2020

    Moves in China and Russia to develop hypersonic missiles, anti-satellite (ASAT) weaponry and other strategic capabilities require an integrated response from the US armed forces, …

  • Defence Notes

    Boeing gains contract modification for GBI

    13th July 2020

    Boeing is to continue work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) programme in the US. Under a $150 million contract modification awarded on 10 July, …

  • Naval Warfare

    Naval BMD could lose the human touch

    7th July 2020

    The US is exploring a new platform for ballistic missile defence (BMD), after the Pentagon floated the idea of using unmanned surface ships. This concept …

  • Land Warfare

    US begins NGI competition in major overhaul of homeland defence

    22nd May 2020

    The Pentagon has launched a competition for a Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), as an ambitious project to overhaul the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system in the …

  • Air Warfare

    Northrop Grumman and Raytheon working on NGI

    7th May 2020

    Northrop Grumman on 4 May confirmed that it has partnered with Raytheon Technologies to develop the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) as part of a US …

  • Naval Warfare

    Raytheon nets MDA’s first-ever multiyear contract

    3rd April 2020

    Raytheon has locked in $2.1 billion in orders for Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB interceptors, in a watershed development that marks the first time the …

  • Defence Notes

    Flight tests are central for US in hypersonic arms race

    18th March 2020

    The US military is preparing a crucial flight test of a hypersonic weapon this spring, as part of a ramped-up campaign to develop and field …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Lockheed Martin nears completion of LRDR

    10th March 2020

    Lockheed Martin has delivered ten antenna panels for its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) to a site in Clear, Alaska. The system will be used …

  • Digital Battlespace

    NATO takes first steps beyond AWACS

    9th December 2019

    The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded six contracts as it plans for the follow-on capability to the NATO AWACS fleet. Contracts went to …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Northrop Grumman to carry out HBTSS work

    4th December 2019

    Northrop Grumman has received a place on the Phase IIa Prototype Payload Design and Signal-chain Processing Demonstration of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and …

  • Land Warfare

    AUSA 2019: Ballistic and cruise missile proliferation bolsters air defence funding

    14th October 2019

    North American procurement spending on ground-based air-defence missile systems will reach nearly $40 billion over the next ten years, a new analysis by Shephard has …

  • Land Warfare

    US kill vehicle terminated

    22nd August 2019

    The US DoD is terminating development of an improved kill vehicle for its existing long-range interceptor missile, citing ‘technical design problems,’ and will instead launch …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

    Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) [Canada]

    Programme Background Programme Inception The Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) Joint Unmanned Surveillance and Target Acquisition System (JUSTAS) project was established to procure a UAS for ...

  • AEW&C

    Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (NATO)

    Programme Background NATO’s E-3A AWACS fleet is set to retire in 2035, after 50 years of service. To plan for the required follow-on capability, NATO's ...

  • Frigates

    Canadian Surface Combatant [Canada]

    Development and Procurement Requirements Fifteen frigates are being procured to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's 12 ageing Halifax-class frigates and the now-retired Iroquois-class destroyers with ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: coastal surveillance radar, Sea: naval surveillance radar

    MDA BlueHawk

    MDA developed BlueHawk, a multi-sensor, unclassified maritime domain awareness solution that provides navies, coast guards, environmental and regulatory agencies with near-real-time access to broad-area maritime ...

  • Space: radar systems, Space: satellite surveillance systems

    Radarsat-2

    Owned and operated by MDA, Radarsat-2 was launched in late 2007 as a follow-on radar satellite to Canada’s Radarsat-1. The satellite's resolution ranges from a ...

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    Arrow-2

    Arrow-2 is designed to intercept and destroy incoming Tactic Ballistic Missiles that are detected, tracked and identified by the Arrow Weapon System sensors. The missile ...

  • OPVs

    Kingston-class

    The Kingston-class undertakes a minehunter and coastal patrol roles with the Royal Canadian Navy. A total of 12 were built by Halifax Shipyards and commissioned ...

  • Frigates

    Canadian Surface Combatant (Type 26)

    The Type 26 Anti-Submarine Warfare frigate has been designed for the UK RN, but with an emphasis on export. Both the Royal Canadian Navy and ...

  • Surface-to-air missiles

    THAAD missile

    THAAD missile is one of the most important components of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The THAAD missile starts to intercept incoming ...

  • Sea: naval surveillance radar

    AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR

    Raytheon’s Air and Missile Defence Radar (AMDR), now officially designated as AN/SPY-6(V), was purchased by the USN to equip the three new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers ...

  • Land: air defence radar

    AN/TPY-2

    The Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) is an X-band missile defence radar that can detect, classify and track ballistic missiles. It uses an AESA antenna comprising 25.344 T/R ...

  • Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

    Puma 2 AE

    The Puma 2 All Environment (AE), or RQ-20B in US nomenclature, is the second generation of AeroVironment's small UAS. The Puma 2 AE is sometimes called ...