NGI kicked off in 2019 after the cancellation of an earlier $5.8 billion plan to replace the existing Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle, which defends the US mainland against long-range ballistic missile attacks.
By Paul McLearyHow to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
“The real differentiator here is the acquisition strategy, with a lot of competition — a lot of ‘fly before you buy’ — built in,” CSIS’ Tom Karako says. “The relatively longer NGI development timeline for homeland ballistic missile defense can be mitigated by near-term improvements” in ground missile defense.
By Paul McLeary
“There’s a need in the near-term to defend against all of those [Chinese missile] threats from a 360-degree standpoint, and if the answer is Aegis, I’m ready to support it,” the presumptive head of Indo-PACOM told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
By Paul McLeary
The attacks by different types of threats was modeled on Iranian tactics. Now the US will get the same upgrades.
By Arie Egozi
An official with knowledge of the program said there have been “no decisions” made on the Next Generation Interceptor program, which is awaiting the approval and award of two development contracts.
By Paul McLeary
After years of favoring missiles, Israel is back in the laser business, with Rafael developing a ground-based 100-kW-class weapon and Elbit an airborne one.
By Arie Egozi
Taiwan may be targeted for annexation by 2027, Adm. Phil Davidson said, and Guam will have to be vigorously defended in a Pacific War.
By Paul McLeary
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI presented integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
Patriot missiles are expensive. Rafael and its US partner Raytheon say they can fire the cheaper Israeli SkyCeptor from existing Patriot launchers. Will that tempt the US Army?
By Arie Egozi
TEL AVIV: Israel and the U.S have begun development of the Arrow 4 ballistic missile interceptor to deal largely with new Iranian long-range ballistic missile threats. A key design feature for the new Arrow will be winglets, helping it to intercept threats inside the atmosphere, in particular hypersonic missiles. “Israel needs to plan its missiles…
By Arie Egozi
There have been questions about the Biden Administration’s missile defense plan; some of those may be answered in coming weeks
By Paul McLeary
Defense experts and the Pentagon’s hypersonics R&D director told us the Union of Concerned Scientists study, which argues hypersonic weapons offer marginal improvements over existing weapons at an outsized cost, got something wrong at every step.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Independent experts and the Pentagon’s hypersonics R&D director tell us a study of hypersonics by the Union of Concerned Scientists overlooks the very real advantages the new weapons offer the US – and its adversaries.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
With the second battery now bound for the US, the Israeli-made missile defense system must prove it works with American command networks. “We have a very detailed plan to do the integration,” Rafael’s Pini Yungman told me.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
GA is building a prototype 300-kW missile defense laser for the Pentagon and a 250-kW airborne version with Boeing.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
