Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning its outreach to industry to understand what new technologies would be available ...

In a notice Wednesday, the agency said it is conducting a study that looks at how its architecture could be expanded as part ...

The following is the Feb. 11, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for ...

The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear-armed missiles is to negotiate their elimination—not pretend some magic ...

Two senators introduced a bill that would authorize $19.5 billion for fiscal 2026 to build out Trump's "Iron Dome for America ...

Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff explains why the executive order to create a space-based defense shield would ...

The proposed “Iron Dome for America” system is heavily reliant on space-based sensors and potentially controversial space-based interceptors ...

Learn about the notice issued by the Space Development Agency calling for executive summaries on the conceptual Iron Dome for ...

The Pentagon agency charged with responding to emerging missile threats is asking the defense industry for ideas on how to implement President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America.” ...

freeing up the Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, to focus entirely on capability research and development. While this has been done for certain programs, such as the Patriot Air and Missile Defense ...