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Anduril Outlines Team For Space-Based Interceptors Program

Cal Biesecker — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:09:21 +0000

Anduril Industries on Tuesday named its teammates that are helping it prototype technologies for the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program that is part of the Golden Dome homeland missile defense initiative. […]

GMTI Satellites to Launch in Next Year, Preceding AMTI for Space Force, Service Says

Frank Wolfe — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:26:15 +0000

The U.S. Space Force plans to launch ground moving target indicator (GMTI) satellites in the next year for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and then expand GMTI to other combatant commands, but, […]

Force Multipliers – Fred Taylor

Defense Daily Staff — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:20:59 +0000

In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource […]

LRDR Tracks First ICBM Target Flight

Rich Abott — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:40:55 +0000

The Defense Department said the S-Band Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) conducted its first flight test tracking of a live missile target on Monday, relaying data to the Control Battle […]

MDA Unveils New Acquisition Vehicle Targeted At New Golden Dome Tech And Sources

Rich Abott — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:03:30 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced a new Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA) vehicle to let the DoD quickly pursue non-traditional acquisitions under one announcement, as it looks to address the […]

SDA Looks To Industry Studies For Trump’s Iron Dome For America

Rich Abott — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:26:16 +0000

The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Feb. 11 issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking summaries of upcoming 60-day studies on architectures and capabilities for the Iron Dome For America […]

Tim Solms – Slingshot Aerospace

Defense Daily Staff — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:40:14 +0000

Shikha Ganguly, L3Harris Technologies

Rich Abott — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:23:14 +0000

Collins: First Test Of Space-Based Hypersonic Sensors Within A Week, MDA Starting New Look At Airborne Lasers

Rich Abott — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:18:01 +0000

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) expects the first flight test using a pair of prototype space-based hypersonic sensors to occur within a week while also starting to look at a […]

TJ Mathieson – Northrop Grumman

DDN — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:51:17 +0000

Dominique Cooper, Maxar

Defense Daily Staff — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 19:08:26 +0000

Army Officials Detail Information, Cyber, Space Importance In Ukraine War, Counter-Drone Help

Rich Abott — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:35:58 +0000

Army officials on Tuesday told reporters they have seen more interest from allies and partner countries to learn techniques to resist occupation and use information warfare if invaded in the […]

U.S. Space Force Completes Analysis of Alternatives on Future GMTI

Frank Wolfe — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:23:50 +0000

The U.S. Space Force has completed an analysis of alternatives (AoA) on future ground moving indication (GMTI), including the possibility of space-based GMTI, to replace the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C […]

U.S. Space Force Systems ‘Can’t Afford to Be Overly Redundant’ With NRO’s, Saltzman Says

Frank Wolfe — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:32:02 +0000

U.S. Space Force will need to limit duplication of Space Force systems with those of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Lt Gen. B. Chance “Salty” Saltzman, the Space Force’s chief […]