An X-band radar being developed for the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system will be used during flight testing of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system for the first time ...

MOORESTOWN, N.J., Oct. 15 — The Aegis Weapon System, with its powerful S-band SPY-1 Radar, took part for the first time in a Ground- based Midcourse Defense (GMD) test by gathering data about ...

The firm will provide design, development, verification, deployment and sustainment support of new capabilities for the GMD Weapon System program, the company said in an Aug. 1 statement.

The GMD system is rated to have a 56 percent chance of taking out a missile with a single shot and a 97 percent chance of success with a salvo of four interceptors.

The effort will include enhancing and upgrading the GMD’s capability to go up against evolving threats, according to Scott Lehr, Northrop’s vice president of launch and missile defense systems ...

They also say that the last GMD test was three years ago, and with the frequency that North Korea is testing missiles, one U.S. test every three years of the GMD system is simply not enough.

An upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, during Flight Test Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System-12 on Monday.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, recently proposed a bill to expand the GMD system from 64 to 80 silos and consider a similar site on the East Coast of the continental U.S. as part of possible ...