Tag Archive for: Missile Defense Agency

Boeing Awarded $150M Missile Defense Agency Contract

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The Missile Defense Agency awarded Boeing a three-year, $150 million contract modification to produce four additional boost vehicles for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. GMD is the only defense program capable of protecting the entire U.S. homeland, including Alaska and Hawaii, against long-range ballistic missile attacks. As the prime contractor, Boeing designs, produces, integrates, tests and […]

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MDA Director: We Can Sleep Knowing We are Protected

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It was a simple question from a Nevada congressman to the director of the Missile Defense Agency: “Am I protected?” “Yes.” “I gave that answer because I have the utmost confidence in those soldiers sitting at the console,” MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill said Thursday at the 22nd Space & Missile Defense Symposium. Hill […]

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The ‘Final Frontier’ is a ‘Warfighting Domain’

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Science fiction met science reality Monday in the Rocket City.

And no punches were pulled when it came to discussing national defense at the 22nd Space & Missile Defense Symposium. The symposium runs through Thursday at the Von Braun Center downtown.

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