Lockheed Martin Corporation’s LMT business unit, Rotary and Mission Systems, recently clinched a modification contract ...

The data gathered from this test will be used to inform ongoing efforts to refine missile defense systems, with future tests, including the planned Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-43 (FTM-43), ...

The Aegis is a combat system designed for U.S. and allied surface warships, providing an integrated air and missile defense capability. Lieutenant General Heath Collins, director of the U.S ...

The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded versions of the SM-6, Aegis’s ability to track hypersonic threats ...

Gen. Heath Collins, MDA Director. “The Aegis Weapon System will play a vital role in the next-generation integrated air and missile defense system.” With FTX-40 successfully completed, MDA and its ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully simulated an intercept of a mock advanced hypersonic missile using a Standard Missile-6 (SM-6), marking a crucial step toward a live test. While ...

Follow the Missile Defense Agency's efforts to deliver the U.S. Navy a capability to defuse hypersonic missile threats.

A new U.S. missile system deployed in the Philippines puts key Chinese military and commercial hubs within striking distance and hands President Trump an early test of his commitment to deterring ...

introduced a new target and simulated missile, showcasing the Aegis system’s latest software in a virtualized configuration for a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Flight Test mission. As a prominent ...