Featured in Missile Defense AgencyBYBrett TingleyFeb 7, 2022Share‘Particulate Warheads’ Full Of Dust Could Help Defeat Hypersonic WeaponsA new concept for hypersonic missile defense seeks to turn the tables and use the weapons’ extreme speeds against them. BYBrett TingleyFeb 7, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021ShareMissile Defense Agency Lays Out How It Plans To Defend Against Hypersonic ThreatsThe concept incorporates numerous new and existing sensors and weapons into a multi-layered hypersonic missile defense architecture. BYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2021ShareRussian Warships Came Within Just 34 Miles Of Hawaii During Recent DrillsA Russian naval flotilla passing so close to the Hawaiian Islands is an extremely unusual show of force. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJun 21, 2021ShareRussia Practices Destroying Enemy Carriers In Pacific Drills Sending U.S. Alarm Bells RingingRussia’s Pacific Fleet has been flexing its muscles not far from Hawaii as the U.S. military gears up for an apparent missile test in the area. BYThomas NewdickJun 21, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareMissile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”You can think of the defunct YAL-1 as the “analogue” version of the Airborne Laser concept, with an unmanned high-flying drone sporting a solid state laser being the digital version. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 20, 2020SharePentagon’s Top R&D Chief Throws Cold Water On Laser Missile Defense AspirationsThe senior official said he is “extremely skeptical” that an aircraft could carry a sufficiently powerful laser to get the job done. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 20, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUS Missile Defense Test Fails As N. Korea Plans Parade With Hundreds of Ballistic MissilesThe North Koreans reportedly hope to scare the United States into backing down from possible plans for a preventive strike. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Preps for THAAD Missile Test Against IRBM As North Korean Threat RisesLong-planned experiment comes amid calls from U.S. officials to broadly expand America’s missile defense apparatus. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe U.S. Army Wants to Expand a Secretive Missile Defense Site in TurkeyThe service’s 2018 budget proposal calls for significant improvements to the remote “Site K” BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareStrategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic VehiclesA previously unknown satellite sensor called the Midcourse Tracking Sensor could target ballistic missiles and discriminate between decoys as well. BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareWhat Drone Will Lockheed Use For Its High-Flying Ballistic Missile Frying Laser Demo?The high-altitude unmanned test aircraft will supposedly lead to an operational system used to destroy ballistic missiles during their boost phase. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 22, 2017ShareNavy’s New SM-3 Block IIA Ballistic Missile Interceptor Fails In Live TestBallistic missile defense remains far more complex and unreliable than most care to realize. BYTyler RogowayJun 22, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 30, 2017ShareTest ICBM Was Successfully Intercepted According To Missile Defense AgencyThe exo-atmospheric kill vehicle slammed into its target, pulverizing it high above the earth. BYTyler RogowayMay 30, 2017Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 7, 2022Share‘Particulate Warheads’ Full Of Dust Could Help Defeat Hypersonic WeaponsA new concept for hypersonic missile defense seeks to turn the tables and use the weapons’ extreme speeds against them. BYBrett TingleyFeb 7, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021ShareMissile Defense Agency Lays Out How It Plans To Defend Against Hypersonic ThreatsThe concept incorporates numerous new and existing sensors and weapons into a multi-layered hypersonic missile defense architecture. BYBrett Tingley and Joseph TrevithickSep 13, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2021ShareRussian Warships Came Within Just 34 Miles Of Hawaii During Recent DrillsA Russian naval flotilla passing so close to the Hawaiian Islands is an extremely unusual show of force. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJun 21, 2021ShareRussia Practices Destroying Enemy Carriers In Pacific Drills Sending U.S. Alarm Bells RingingRussia’s Pacific Fleet has been flexing its muscles not far from Hawaii as the U.S. military gears up for an apparent missile test in the area. BYThomas NewdickJun 21, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareMissile Defense Agency Seeking A High-Flying Drone For “Airborne Laser 2.0”You can think of the defunct YAL-1 as the “analogue” version of the Airborne Laser concept, with an unmanned high-flying drone sporting a solid state laser being the digital version. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 20, 2020SharePentagon’s Top R&D Chief Throws Cold Water On Laser Missile Defense AspirationsThe senior official said he is “extremely skeptical” that an aircraft could carry a sufficiently powerful laser to get the job done. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 20, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUS Missile Defense Test Fails As N. Korea Plans Parade With Hundreds of Ballistic MissilesThe North Koreans reportedly hope to scare the United States into backing down from possible plans for a preventive strike. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareUS Preps for THAAD Missile Test Against IRBM As North Korean Threat RisesLong-planned experiment comes amid calls from U.S. officials to broadly expand America’s missile defense apparatus. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe U.S. Army Wants to Expand a Secretive Missile Defense Site in TurkeyThe service’s 2018 budget proposal calls for significant improvements to the remote “Site K” BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018ShareStrategic Command Boss Makes Case For Satellites Capable Of Tracking Hypersonic VehiclesA previously unknown satellite sensor called the Midcourse Tracking Sensor could target ballistic missiles and discriminate between decoys as well. BYTyler RogowayFeb 28, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017ShareWhat Drone Will Lockheed Use For Its High-Flying Ballistic Missile Frying Laser Demo?The high-altitude unmanned test aircraft will supposedly lead to an operational system used to destroy ballistic missiles during their boost phase. BYTyler RogowayOct 11, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 22, 2017ShareNavy’s New SM-3 Block IIA Ballistic Missile Interceptor Fails In Live TestBallistic missile defense remains far more complex and unreliable than most care to realize. BYTyler RogowayJun 22, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 30, 2017ShareTest ICBM Was Successfully Intercepted According To Missile Defense AgencyThe exo-atmospheric kill vehicle slammed into its target, pulverizing it high above the earth. BYTyler RogowayMay 30, 2017Share
