X-Bow Systems has secured a $10.98 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to develop and flight-test a new Low-Cost Interceptor.
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency completed Pacific Dragon 2026 off Hawaii on August 15, testing how allied forces share tracking data and coordinate ballistic missile defense operations.
Lockheed Martin has completed validation of the first fully integrated shipset for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel program, clearing the equipment for shipment from New Jersey later this year.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions supplied target vehicles for a U.S.-Japan flight-test campaign that validated key tracking functions of the SPY-7 radar for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel program.
The expansion is being supported by new manufacturing capacity, factory modernization and a broader $9 billion munitions investment program through 2030.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is making affordability a core priority as it looks to expand interceptor inventories without driving up long-term costs.
Northrop Grumman is expanding missile-defense production capacity after years of investment in manufacturing, technology and new capabilities.
RTX said it is working with Boeing and the U.S. Department of War to accelerate production of key components for the Standard Missile-3 family of interceptors.
The framework is intended to support higher production rates for both SM-3 variants as demand for the interceptors increases.
Lockheed Martin is preparing to test a space-based interceptor designed to engage ballistic missile threats during the first minutes after launch.
Northrop Grumman Chief Executive Officer Kathy Warden said more than $3 billion in new multi-year framework agreements will increase production and speed deliveries of technologies used in U.S. integrated air and missile defense.
The platform will allow registered organisations to submit concepts and designs directly to programme decision-makers.
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