In the Western Pacific, the U.S. has deployed the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) in Guam, Japan and South Korea, serving as the first line of missile defense ...

While US nuclear strategy relies primarily on the deterrence afforded through the nuclear triad, the GMD serves as an insurance policy against small-scale attacks or accidental launches. The ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, says that the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s failure to intercept ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to conduct a flight test of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system Jan. 31 and hopes to execute the first-ever intercept attempt by the Airborne ...

WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration’s flagship Golden Dome missile defense system will include four layers — one satellite-based and three on land — with 11 short-range batteries located across the ...

In May 2025, President Trump selected a format for pursuing his long-sought Golden Dome, a missile defense system resembling Israel's Iron Dome. The program, which the White House officially ordered ...

Construction of a command center for a missile defense system on Guam is scheduled to begin this month, another in a series of federal government expenditures for military infrastructure on the island ...

Voyager was selected to support the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s next-generation interceptor system made by Lockheed Martin. Credit: Voyager Space WASHINGTON — Leaders of Voyager Technologies say the ...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Monday that it awarded Raytheon Co. a $5.04 billion contract for the Coyote Missile System, including fixed and mobile launchers, kinetic and ...

COURTLAND, Ala. (WHNT) — A major American defense contractor is expanding its operations in North Alabama by bringing another large facility to a small town in Lawrence County. Lockheed Martin told ...