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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington (UPI) Sep 23, 2019
Orbital Sciences Corp. received a $1.1 billion contract with the Missile Defense Agency for missile defense targets, the Defense Department announced. The company, based in Chandler, Ariz., and a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, will build "threat-representative subscale targets with simple and complex re-entry vehicles," the Defense Department said on Friday. The target system will be used to test the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System, which is designed to counter short-, medium-, intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles before their targets are reached. The defense system's architecture includes includes networked sensors and ground- and sea-based radars for target detection and tracking, ground- and sea-based interceptor missiles for destroying ballistic and a command, control, battle management, and communications network providing operational commanders with the needed links between the sensors and interceptor missiles. Development of a target system was an important factor at an MDA Industry Day event in June, with officials noting the importance of developing "quality, threat representative, cost-effective target solutions with systematic rigor enabling the Ballistic Missile Defense System to test system performance and demonstrate its effectiveness in threat-relevant environments." The contract awarded Friday also calls for Orbital to provide storage, surveillance, maintenance of delivered hardware and software, and range execution of end items. It specifies a performance period from September 2019 to September 2027.
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systems Ankara (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defence systems on Monday in the wake of the weekend attack on its oil facilities. "We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory. "She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the S-300 Russian missile system and the same way that Turkey has already done in buying the S-400 Russian missile system," Putin said at a press conference in Ankara, alongside the Turkish and Irani ... read more
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