Countering Missile Threats Means Addressing the Present While Planning for the Future
Absent any effort to expand or modernize GMD, homeland missile defense will likely fall behind current threats while NGI matures.
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MDA Chooses Lockheed Martin to Develop Homeland Defense Radar
On December 18, U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $585 million contract to design, develop, and deliver the Homeland Defense Radar – Hawaii (HDR-H). According to the contract statement, the radar will provide “autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discrimination to optimize the defensive capability of the BMDS and other evolving...
Japan Reportedly Selects Long Range Discrimination Radar for Aegis Ashore Sites
On July 3, 2018, officials in the Japanese Defense Ministry told Reuters that Japan plans to purchase a version of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) as part of its larger Aegis Ashore defense system project. An unnamed Defense official said the LRDR was selected over the SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar because of...
Long Range Discrimination Radar Passes Critical Design Review
On November 16, the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) passed the Missile Defense Agency’s Critical Design Review (CDR). The completion of the CDR means that hardware and software components have achieved Technology Readiness Level 7 and Manufacturing Readiness Level 7, and are ready to enter the fabrication, demonstration, and testing phase of the program. To...
The Future of Missile Defense in the Asia Pacific
Missile threats facing both the United States and its allies in the Asia-Pacific are increasing in complexity, number, and source. In response, the Trump administration is using missile defenses to boost military capability and signal resolve, as indicated by the deployment of THAAD to South Korea...
LRDR Passes Preliminary Design Review
On April 20, 2017, Lockheed Martin announced that the Long Range Discrimination Radar passed its preliminary design review, an important step in meeting the 2020 deployment deadline. The preliminary design review required Lockheed to achieve a Technology Readiness Level 6, meaning it has passed the developmental phase, and a Manufacturing Readiness Level 6, which means...
US Missile Defenses Need Better Sensors, and Soon
Gaps in coverage leave interceptors less-equipped to defeat the threats of tomorrow. No missile defense is better than the sensors that tell the interceptors where to go and what to kill. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD, draws upon considerably more sensors for homeland defense than when operations began in 2004, but shortfalls remain....