US Air Force Test Fires Minuteman-3 ICBM
On November 6, the U.S. Air Force successfully test fired an unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Fired out of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the missile traveled…
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US Establishes New Missile Defense Command in Japan
On October 30, a spokesperson for the Japanese Ministry of Defense confirmed reports that the U.S. has established a new ballistic missile defense command in the country. The site began…
US Navy Awards Contract to Boeing for Harpoon Production
On October 30, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $244 million firm-fixed-price contract awarded to Boeing to procure long lead materials for the Harpoon cruise missile. The missiles will…
US Army, Navy, Air Force, and MDA Jointly Developing Hypersonic Weapon
On October 22, the U.S. Army confirmed its collaboration with the Navy, the Air Force, and the Missile Defense Agency to develop hypersonic weapons, amid developments in hypersonic missile testing…
US Conducts Successful SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test
On October 26, the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a test of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor off the west coast of Hawaii, successfully tracking and intercepting…
MDA Releases FTM-29 Failure Review Board Findings
On October 1, the Missile Defense Agency released findings of its investigation into FTM-29’s failure. The joint U.S.-Japanese test took place on January 31, 2018, testing the co-developed Standard Missile-3…
US Removing Four Patriot Batteries From Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain
On September 26, the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States will remove two Patriot air and missile defense batteries from Kuwait and one each from Jordan and Bahrain….
MQ-9 Reaper Scored Air-to-Air Kill in 2017
In November 2017, an MQ-9 Reaper UAV conducted a successful air-to-air intercept of a small aerial drone target. Although an unclassified event, reports of the intercept only received public attention…
Army Tests IBCS Network
The U.S. Army carried out a Soldier Checkout Event, dubbed SCOE 4.0, in which Army personnel employed the in-development Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). The…
US Approves $501 Million Missile Defense Sale to South Korea
On September 14, the U.S. State Department approved South Korea to purchase 64 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missiles; nine Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio…