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SMD Symposium 2024: Your guide to the latest in the Space and Missile Defense industry

The Space and Missile Defense Symposium returns to the Von Braun Center this August 6th through 8th. Now in its 27th year, the three-day symposium brings together government and industry leaders in Space and Missile Defense (SMD), with over 6,000 people from the United States and allied countries expected to attend. The symposium offers defense […]

Davidson and D-Wave bring quantum computing to missile defense scenarios

During the busy schedule at the 2023 SMD Symposium, Davidson Technologies and D-Wave announced a partnership that will allow the two companies to make use of quantum computing to generate missile defense scenarios with a demonstration of an unclassified defense scenario generated using DecisionOne. D-Wave, a commercial quantum computer and supplier Davidson Technologies announced that […]

Women in Missile Defense Luncheon tackles women’s issues in industry

The Women in Missile Defense Luncheon kicked off the Space and Missile Defense Symposium at 11:30 on August 7, highlighting the achievements of and hurdles faced by women working in the male-dominated industry. The panelists were Lynn Troy, Troy 7 President; Angela Rittenbach, CEO and President of Riverstone Solutions; and Janice Chen, Associate Director for […]

2022 SMD Symposium Showcases Latest Missile, Aerospace Technologies

There’s one less helicopter hovering above a mountain range, courtesy of BlueHalo’s Virtual Stinger Trainer and the author of this story with some help from Haden Downey (pictured below). It only took one shot from the company’s man-held missile system from inside the Von Braun Center’s South Hall. BlueHalo had one of seemingly countless booths […]

SAIC unmanned system developed to combat drone threats

Science Applications International Corporation, a leading technology integrator better known simply as SAIC, recently held a demonstration of one of its latest projects ahead of this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center. The Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) was displayed at the Huntsville Innovation Factory Hub located at SAIC, now […]

MSFC Director Singer: Delivering Our Mission is Biggest Challenge

Marshall Space Flight Director Jody Singer said Tuesday the the biggest challenge she has faced from Washington couldn’t be answered with one item. “I would have been I would say … delivering on our mission. Delivering on our mission is a critical challenge,” Singer said during her update at the Space & Missile Defense Symposium […]

SMD Symposium: Technology Track to Innovation & Breakthroughs

Every year, the Space & Missile Defense Symposium chooses two topic areas pertinent to that year’s SMD focus, and they provide members of the space and missile defense community the opportunity to submit and present innovations and technical ideas. For the program known as Technology Track, the committee sends out a call for entries several […]

Going Hypersonic in the Back Rooms of SMD Symposium

They may not be a lead topic on the 21st Annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium agenda this week, but out in the hallways of the Von Braun Center, among exhibitors on the show floor, and over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before every meal, people will be talking about current hypersonic missile threats from Hypersonic […]