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Army Plans To Take Over THAAD Program In 2027

Rich Abott — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:45:20 +0000

A top Army acquisition official this week said the Army is planning to assume control over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system by next year. While […]

L3Harris Wins $400 Million Contract For THAAD Motors and LDACS

Rich Abott — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:38:11 +0000

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday announced it received a new $400 million contract to produce more solid rocket boost motors (SRBMs) and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems (LDACS) for […]

THAAD Will Integrate Into IBCS Faster And Cheaper Than DoD Planned, Northrop Grumman Says

Rich Abott — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:22:43 +0000

Northrop Grumman [NOC] officials last week confirmed the integration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system into its Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) is proceeding […]

U.S. To Deploy THAAD To Israel To Increase Air Air And Missile Defense Amid Iran Conflict

Rich Abott — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:32:03 +0000

The Defense Department on Sunday said President Biden directed the deployment of one Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and associated U.S. military crew to Israel to […]

MDA Seeks Industry Info On Future AN/TPY-2 Missile Defense Radar Production

Rich Abott — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:42:33 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is conducting market research on who can help produce the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) radar alongside future upgrades, according to […]

Army Official Lays Out 2025 Counter Drone Competitions

Rich Abott — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:48:56 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army acquisition official here this week laid out the fiscal year 2025 competition opportunities the service is exploring in counter-drone areas to ensure the service has […]

MDA’s 2025 Budget Requests $500 Million Less Than Previous Year

Rich Abott — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:25:34 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) fiscal year 2025 budget request is for $10.4 billion, $500 million less than the $10.9 billion requested in FY ‘24. For the first time in […]

Lockheed Martin Looks To Integrate THAAD Into More Sensors For Hypersonic Defense, Using GPI Lessons

Rich Abott — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:49:31 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Lockheed Martin [LMT] is looking at how it can integrate the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system into more sensors to potentially aid in defending against […]

Lockheed Martin Wins $1.4 Billion Mod For More THAAD Interceptors

Rich Abott — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:41:31 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.4 billion modification on March 31 to produce additional Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and associated one-shot devices […]

Lockheed Martin Wins $610 Million Contract For Phase II Of Saudi Arabia THAAD Sale

Rich Abott — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:14:45 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $610 million contract for Phase II work under a Foreign Military Sale to continue efforts in a sale of the […]

MDA And Army Conduct Successful THAAD/Patriot Intercept Test

Rich Abott — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:46:15 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Army conducted a successful interoperability intercept test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Patriot missile defense weapon systems on Oct. […]

Lockheed Martin Wins $912 Million THAAD Support Mod

Rich Abott — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:51:57 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $912 million modification to a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) contract. The award specifically covers THAAD element development and […]

Lockheed Martin Awarded $145 Million THAAD Interceptor Contract

Rich Abott — Fri, 04 May 2018 16:11:04 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $145 million modification on Wednesday to produce additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and associated equipment. […]

MDA Tests THAAD And Patriot Interoperability

Rich Abott — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:50:02 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army jointly successfully tested a missile defense tracking exercise last week to demonstrate the interoperability between the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and […]

Lockheed Martin Wins $459 Million Contract For More THAAD Interceptors

Rich Abott — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:18:56 +0000

This article has been updated to reflect industry comments. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $459 million modification on Friday to produce additional Lot 10 Terminal […]

Administration Asks Congress for Billions More To Fund Extra Missile Defense, Ship Repairs, And Troops

Rich Abott — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:37:28 +0000

The Trump administration sent Congress a set of Defense Department Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget amendments on Monday to increase funding for missile defense, repair damaged Navy ships, and increase […]

MDA Awards Raytheon $1.5 Billion To Support AN/TPY-2 and SBX Radars

Rich Abott — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 21:08:12 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $1.5 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity follow-on contract to support the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) and Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) […]

Foreign Minister: South Korea Not Considering Additional THAADs

Rich Abott — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 21:41:30 +0000

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Monday that the administration of President Moon Jae-in is not considering additional deployments of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense […]

State Department Approves $15 Billion THAAD Sale To Saudi Arabia

Rich Abott — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 20:51:51 +0000

The State Department approved a possible $15 billion sale of a Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Security Cooperation […]

Lockheed Martin Looking Into Sea And Air PAC-3 MSE Launches

Rich Abott — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:07:59 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Lockheed Martin [LMT] is examining new air and missile defense systems like launching a Patriot PAC-3 MSE from sea and air platforms and miniature missiles for more […]

MDA Director: Systems Can Defend U.S. From North Korean ICBMs

Rich Abott — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 21:18:30 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. ballistic missile defense forces are capable today of defending against North Korean ballistic missile threats but are still developing future capabilities for future threats, the […]

MDA Successfully Tests THAAD Against MRBM, South Korea To Install Remaining THAAD Launchers

Rich Abott — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:57:51 +0000

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted the 15th successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system intercept test, this time against a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target, the agency said […]

THAAD Test Planned For This Weekend

Rich Abott — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:09:24 +0000

A U.S. Coast Guard notice indicated another Alaska-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense test is set to occur this weekend. The Coast Guard’s most recent weekly notice […]

THAAD Intercepts First IRBM Target In Test

Rich Abott — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:56:13 +0000

The Defense Department conducted the first successful intercept by the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) target, the Missile Defense […]

South Korea THAAD Deployment Delayed For Environmental Assessment

Rich Abott — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:37:02 +0000

The South Korean defense ministry will begin a full environmental impact assessment of the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, delaying the deployment […]

Army’s Open Architecture Missile Defense Brain To Begin Production In 2016

Dan Parsons — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:57:14 +0000

The Army’s new missile defense brain is set to enter initial production in 2016, establishing a critical baseline command-and-control architecture that can tie together various air defense systems into a […]

Raytheon Delivers Ninth AN/TPY-2 Radar To MDA Ahead of Schedule

Defense Daily Staff — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:05:45 +0000

Raytheon [RTN] Wednesday said it delivered its ninth AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), six months ahead of schedule. A high-resolution, mobile, X-band radar, the […]

Aegis BMDS, THAAD Successful In Complex MDA Flight Test

Mai Hanoon — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01) on Sept. 9, proving the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]

First Army THAAD Unit Activates

DDN — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

By Ann Roosevelt Alpha Battery, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command yesterday became the first Army Terminal High Altitude […]