URS Wins $129M To Build Hawaii Navy Aegis Site

URS Corp. has won a potential $129,981,057 task order to build a land-based missile defense site at a U.S. Navy facility in Hawaii, the Defense Department announced Monday.

Lockheed: Aegis getting even better, but limits in sight

Lockheed Martin’s newest edition of Aegis will be the best it’s ever been, a top company official said Friday, but there’s only so much more that software and other upgrades can do with the existing radars aboard U.S. Navy and international warships.

Bids Submitted for Aegis Follow-On System

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Boeing have submitted proposals to take over support and growth of a Aegis fight system, a companies pronounced Dec. 14.

Raytheon Awarded $241 Million Contract for SM-3 Block IIA

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $241 million contract modification for continued engineering design and development work on the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.

6th Fleet to get Four Destroyers to Build Missile Defense System

 

NAPLES, Italy — The assignment to the Navy’s 6th Fleet of four ships with missile defense capability signals changing needs for changing times, fleet commanding officer Rear Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe said Friday.

Opinion: Sanchez: Target Missile Defense Funds at Technologies That Work

Our country is weathering a serious economic crisis, which means we must do more with less, including in national security. This new reality is forcing hard decisions, but we can and must focus on smart investments for our current and future security needs.

Opinion: Lamborn: Constitution Dictates a Duty to Protect Our Citizens

At a time when our federal government is borrowing more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends, we must cut our spending to only the most essential needs. Chief among those is to “provide for the common defense” as put forth in the enumerated powers of the Constitution.

Opinion: Meeting the Missile Threat

 

With Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issuing threats about America’s planned missile defense for Europe, it may be time to remind the Obama administration why we need such defenses in the first place – in Europe and elsewhere.

SM-3 work for Aerojet

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 22 (UPI) — Design of a Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System for an advanced Standard Missile-3 will be completed by Aerojet of California.

Lockheed Martin-Raytheon Team Submits Final Proposal for Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Contract

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has submitted its final proposal revision for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment Contract. The Lockheed Martin-Raytheon GMD team delivered its final offer to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) GMD Joint Program Office in Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 18.