A stop-gap spending measure from Congress includes funding for the final year of development of the Medium Extended Air and Missile Defense System (MEADS).
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Category: Air Defense
Lockheed’s Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor completes guided flight test
Lockheed Martin’s Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor has successfully conducted the first Guided Test Flight.
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Northrop Grumman offers EO/IR upgrade to HAWK customers
Northrop Grumman Corporation is offering its Fourth Generation Tracking Adjunct Sensor (4G TAS), a EO/IR upgrade, for the HAWK air defense system.
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Syria rebels seize air defense base in the south
Syrian rebels claim to have taken over a major air defense base used by the 38th Division in the southern part of the country.
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Pentagon to bolster missile defense to counter North Korea
The U.S. is planning to deploy 14 new ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska to counter threats posed by North Korea.
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