The following is the June 7, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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Navy to Station Advanced Warships, Helo Squadron in Spain
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) transits the Black Sea on April 21, 2014. US Navy Photo
Five years into basing four guided-missile destroyers in Spain as part of a larger European ballistic missile defense scheme, the Navy announced it will start to cycle out the warships for more modernized hulls.. Read More
Russians Use U.S. Navy’s Aegis Ashore as Excuse to Deploy Strategic Bombers to Crimea
A Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bomber in 2016.
Photo by Dmitry Terekhov via wikipedia
Russian defense officials say they are deploying “squadrons” of Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers as a counter to U.S. Navy Aegis Ashore missile defense installations in Poland and Romania, according to a report in Russian state-controlled media on Monday. Read More
Report to Congress on Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
The following is the Feb. 6, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
The following is the Dec. 13, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
VIDEO: Navy SM-3 Block IIA Scores in Ballistic Missile Test
The following is a U.S. Navy video of an SM-3 Block IIA missile test this week from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii. Read More
Raytheon Expects Flat Budgets in 2020 But Plenty of DoD Spending From Existing Multiyear Contracts
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) launches a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during a live-fire test of the ship’s Aegis Weapons System in June 2014. US Navy photo.
Multi-year contracts are setting up Raytheon and other defense contractors to report solid financial results during the next few years even if Pentagon spending plateaus or slightly decreases, Raytheon’s chief executive told analysts today.
Report to Congress on Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
The following is the Oct. 23, 2018 Congressional Research Service report Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Panel: Japan Still Needs U.S. Protection from North Korean, Chinese Aggression
A bilateral flag waves during the 42nd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2018. US Marine Corps Photo
Japan doesn’t have an alternative to its American alliance when confronting North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons threat or Beijing’s territorial aggression, a panel of regional experts agreed on Friday. Read More
Japan Selects Lockheed Martin to Supply Radar for Aegis Ashore System
Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex in Devesulu, Romania. MDA Photo
The Japanese government has selected Lockheed Martin to outfit its defense forces with Aegis Ashore equipment worth an estimated $2.34 billion, according to media reports.
