Missile Defense Agency’s Post

Today, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency honors the brave men and women who lost their lives during the tragic terrorist attack on our country on September 11, 2001. As our Nation moves further away from that day, we at the Missile Defense Agency will never forget their bravery and sacrifice. #PatriotDay | #NeverForget

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant, Commander, Space Systems Command, and former Program Executive of MDA's Ground-based Weapons Systems, discusses Ground-based Midcourse Defense and Space Launch Delta 30 with MDA's Charles "Turbo" Griffith during an August 27, 2024 visit to Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

USS Carl M Levin successfully live fires two Standard Missile 3 Block IA missiles in events 2 and 3 of Pacific Dragon 24 to present an engageable missile defense target for other Aegis assets, August 9, 2024. Participating Aegis assets included USS Kidd, USS Shiloh, DoD partner, AAMDTC, a BTS Lab, as well as JS Haguro, ROKS Yulgok Yi I, ITS Montecuccoli, and HMAS Sydney.

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Tune in to hear Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins have a conversation with the Center for Strategic & International Studies about MDA priorities June 6 from 10 to 11:15 a.m. EDT. https://lnkd.in/esbyfV5T

THIS WEEK IN MISSILE DEFENSE HISTORY - May 26, 1972: President Richard Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, or (SALT I), which included the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The ABM Treaty limited the number of interceptors the U.S. and Soviet Union could have in their arsenal. As a result of the ABM, each was permitted to construct two permanent missile defense locations. (President Richard Nixon is pictured with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev in 1973.)

The U.S. and Japan finalize formal agreement for Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) Cooperative Development Project Arrangement.... https://lnkd.in/eZ-uY-2N

May 8, 2024: Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins testifies before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. https://lnkd.in/epDxvWGp. Also testifying were John Hill, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Missile Defense; Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, Commander, US Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command; and Lt. Gen. Sean A. Gainey, USA, Commanding General, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

Don't miss out on MDA's job fair next week. Apply today. https://lnkd.in/g-gzPatY