Recent Posts Tagged With 'missile defense agency'

• Test of newest U.S. missile defense technology will simulate attack by Iran

  Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 11:42 in missile test, missile defense agency, interceptor missiles, fake icbm, january 2010 missile test

  Test of newest U.S. missile defense technology will simulate attack by Iran"...January test, the fake ICBM is slated to originate from the Missile Defense Agency's launch facility in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific while the interceptor mi...

• Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 22:58 in hawaii, missile defense agency, pacific missile range facility, aegis ballistic missile defense system, missile-defense work

  Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work"...Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, have asked Congress for $68.5 million to build an Aegis missile-defense test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western shores of Kauai...."Reference: w...

• Observatories gear up for Friday lunar crash

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 20:44 in missile defense agency, near field infrared experiment (nfire) satellite, lunar crash

  Observatories gear up for Friday lunar crash "...the US Missile Defense Agency's Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite; nasa's Earth Observing-1 satellite;..."Reference: www.msnbc.msn.com ....

• MDA plans work-force expansion

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 10:20 in missile defense agency, huntsville missile defense, lt. gen. patrick o'reilly, mda jobs, mda plans work-force expansion

  MDA plans work-force expansion "...The Missile Defense Agency is expanding its work force in Huntsville by about 200 jobs annually over the next three to four years, according to its director, Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly. ..."Reference: www.al.co...

• Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman to compete with Boeing for missile defense work

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 09:09 in boeing, lockheed martin, missile defense agency, northrop grumman, missile defense work, contract for maintenance and operations support, ground-based midcourse defense program

  Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman to compete with Boeing for missile defense work "...$250 million Missile Defense Agency contract for maintenance and operations support of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program, according to Reuters...."Refere...

• Missile Defense Agency Employment

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 02:34 in employment, missile defense agency, federal government jobs, federal jobs, missile defense agency employment, mda-09-eh-016, supv operations research analyst

  MDA-09-EH-016.The Missile Defense Agency has posted a Vacancy Announcement for a Supv Operations Research Analyst. The position is open to the public and is listed on USAJOBS under Vacancy Announcement Number MDA-09-EH-016. The position has a salary...

• Time for an All-Navy Missile Shield?

  Posted on Tuesday July 14th, 2009 at 09:04 in launch, missile defense agency, terminal high altitude area defense, interceptors, missile killers, all-navy missile shield, mid-course

  Time for an All-Navy Missile Shield? "...Currently, the Missile Defense Agency maintains a diverse portfolio of missile killers targeting the three phases of a missile’s flight — launch, mid-course, and terminal. The Pentagon could potentially p...

• Missile Defense Budget Cuts

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 10:36 in missile defense agency, ground-based missile defense, missile defense budget, 2010 pentagon budget

  Griffith warns cuts could lead to layoffsGriffith warns cuts could lead to layoffs "...The White House's proposed 2010 Pentagon budget slashes about $2 billion from the Missile Defense Agency's $10 billion a year budget. Most of that money has been ...

• Missile defense hit-to-kill technology key test happened 25 years ago today

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 08:48 in missile defense, missile defense agency, redstone arsenal, u.s. army space and missile defense command, hit-to-kill technology

  Missile defense hit-to-kill technology key test happened 25 years ago today "...The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command, located on Redstone Arsenal, continue to develop and refine hit-to-kill technology...."Refe...

• U.S. lawmakers react to Missile Defense cuts

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 22:50 in Robert Gates, missile defense agency, secretary of defense, missile defense spending, missile defense cuts, ground-based interceptors in alaska

  U.S. lawmakers react to Missile Defense cuts "...Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced major cuts to defense spending including reducing the budget for the Missile Defense Agency by $1.4 billion. Gates said he does not propose to increase the ...

• US intercepts ballistic missile in Hawaii test

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 01:51 in missile defense agency, terminal high altitude area defense, ballistic missile, interceptors, ground-based mobile missile defense, two interceptors, medium-range ballistic missile

  US intercepts ballistic missile in Hawaii test "... HONOLULU — The military's ground-based mobile missile defense system successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test in Hawaii, the Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday. It ...

• 2009 Missile Defense Agency Small Business Innovation Research Industry Day

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 22:53 in mda, missile defense agency, www.ndia.org, mda sbir and sttr programs, small business innovation research, ballistics missile defense system

  8/11/2009 to 8/12/2009, Hyatt Regency Long Beach 2009 Missile Defense Agency Small Business Innovation Research Industry Day "...MDA’s goal is to realize a return on investment by acquiring technology that can be transitioned into the Ballistics M...

• Missile defense 'is continuing to grow'

  Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 02:49 in missile defense agency, 100th missile defense brigade, obama administration's defense and budget priorities, director of the missile defense agency

  Missile defense 'is continuing to grow' "...Although details of the incoming Obama administration's defense and budget priorities are unknown, the director of the Missile Defense Agency said Friday there is extensive support for the program in Washi...

• Huntsville Alabama BRAC News

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 00:56 in missile defense agency, brac, huntsville alabama, rotary wing center, space and missile defense command, army security assistance command, army material command

  Mission to back BRAC Mission to back BRAC "...Nearly $500 million more is being spent for local contractors to construct the necessary buildings for the new Army commands coming to the arsenal, which include the Missile Defense Agency, Space and Miss...

• Will Obama Continue 'Star Wars?'

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 01:43 in star wars, missile defense agency, donald h. rumsfeld, weapons programs

  Will Obama Continue 'Star Wars?' "..."Congressional committees are looking to scale back the role of the Missile Defense Agency, an organization that has operated outside the normal rules for weapons programs since it was created by then-Secretary o...

• Missile test canceled due to target malfunction

  Posted on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 18:43 in Army, missile defense agency, kaua'i, thaad missile test, missile test canceled due to target malfunction, target missile, pacific missile range facility

  Missile test canceled due to target malfunction "...The Army canceled a THAAD missile test planned for yesterday afternoon at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua'i because of a "malfunction with the target missile," the U.S. Missile Defense A...

• Missile Defense Agency

  Posted on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 02:44 in missile defense agency

  Missile Defense Agency "...To develop and field an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defense system to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight.......

• Air Force Tests Huge Airborne Laser Gun

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 08:23 in missile defense agency, chemical laser, airborne laser gun

  Air Force Tests Huge Airborne Laser Gun "...test of the high-energy chemical laser was conducted Sunday by the contractors and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the company said...."Reference: www.foxnews.com ....