Defense and space company Corvid Technologies has received a potential five-year, $44 million contract to develop mathematical algorithms as well as provide computational and range safety analysis for the Missile Defense Agency’s flight test activities. The sole awardee will receive firm-fixed-price task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The task orders will continue […] More

The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense ensure that the Missile Defense Agency gets an independent technical risk assessment and cost estimate for the Glide Phase Interceptor program prior to transitioning to the product development phase. GAO said Thursday it made the recommendation after […] More

Lockheed Martin has tapped Canadian space technology company MDA to design and develop antennas and related control electronics needed for the low Earth orbit satellites it is producing under a Space Development Agency program. MDA said Tuesday it was awarded a contract that provides for GPS, Ka-Band and Link-16 antennas for 42 Lockheed satellites meant […] More

A Chenega Corp. subsidiary has won a $42.8 million follow-on award to help the Missile Defense Agency field and maintain hardware used to launch missile assets. Under the five-year contract, Venturi will assist MDA in the preparation, loading and unloading, transportation, erection and handling of live missile launchers, the Department of Defense said Friday. The […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has retired a pair of Northrop Grumman-made experimental satellites after they finished demonstrating the ability to identify and track missile threats from boost phase through midcourse. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System satellites exhibited capabilities to detect short-, medium-, intermediate- and intercontinental-range missiles, as well as to transfer gathered data to […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has initiated a mentor-protege program and is looking to expand the participation of small businesses in the research and development of advanced technologies meant to expand the U.S. military’s radar and ballistic missile defense systems. According to a broad agency announcement posted Monday on Sam.gov, the MDA Office of Small Business […] More

Stratolaunch has secured a contract to help the Missile Defense Agency assess the feasibility of reusing hypersonic testbeds for missile defense systems. The company said Tuesday it is on track to begin hypersonic flight testing of its Talon-A 1 test vehicle in 2022, which will follow the platform’s power-on testing scheduled to start before 2021 […] More

L3Harris Technologies has achieved a milestone on a program led by the Missile Defense Agency and proceeded to the construction of a new demonstration satellite meant to track hypersonic and ballistic missiles. The company said Monday it completed the critical design review of MDA’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor and kicked off the succeeding […] More

Lockheed Martin has secured a $286.5 million contract modification with the Missile Defense Agency to continue helping Saudi Arabia maintain and operate its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The company will provide equipment, spare parts and support services to support ground production, maintenance, software updates, training and logistics of Saudi Arabia’s THAAD under the […] More

Stratolaunch has secured a contract to perform hypersonic threat research work for the Missile Defense Agency in an effort to help MDA explore threat engagement and interception approaches. Daniel Millman, chief technology officer of Stratolaunch, said in a statement released Wednesday the company will work to provide MDA a target system that can replicate and […] More

A team of Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies has received approval from the Missile Defense Agency for a software factory the companies jointly created as part of MDA’s Next-Generation Interceptor development competition. MDA approved the factory along with related digital infrastructure after the industry team completed a testing process, Northrop said Monday. The two companies’ […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business a $90.8 million contract modification for continued development and support work on Japan’s Aegis combat systems. The hybrid modification raises its corresponding foreign military sales contract’s value from $151.1 million to $242 million, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work under the […] More