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"MTSI Awarded $75M MDA Deal to Build Testing Platform for Missile Defeat Kill Webs" The Missile Defense Agency awarded MTSI a contract to provide a digital engineering ecosystem for testing and assessing missile defeat kill webs. View full article on ExecutiveBiz here https://loom.ly/_X-saSs #employeeonwed #esop #executivebiz #digitalengineering

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Michael Rubin and I wrote the attached article. It is time that the geostrategic importance of Armenia in the greater Middle East be acknowledged and developed.

“Aegis Ashore is primarily designed to engage ballistic threats during the midcourse portion of their flight outside the Earth’s atmophere using SM-3 interceptors. However, the Mk 41 is a modular launcher, meaning that additional anti-missile interceptors, such as the terminal-stage intercept and anti-air SM-6 and the forthcoming Glide Phase Interceptor” Australia have just done a deal for SM-2 and SM-6. https://lnkd.in/giC7J54G Hopefully, in the fullness of time, we will have the ability to make as many of these as we need. (Surely it can’t be that much of a stretch to do SM-3 as well ?) Now the BIG strategic capability question is what do we do with that capability. We need to feed the VLS on the AWDs AND the multi-purpose frigates (if they ever happen) AND the robot missile boats (is they ever happen). A reasonable observer might ask - with all these SM systems lying around…why not have a hard look at Aegis Ashore ? Whilst I’m a big fan of mobile systems, the overall anti-ballistic missile capability of the technically mature Aegis system makes it an interesting option. At some point, the government will have to fess up to the Australian public about the vulnerability of continental Australia and commit to defending Defence bases, defence industries, critical infrastructure and population centres. We lack a meaningful, layered air defence capability. The bad guys could launch at us tomorrow and all we could do is take the hits :(

https://lnkd.in/g9Twwidf U.S. F-35s To Get British ‘Spoofers’ To Bamboozle Russian, Chinese Missiles; Here Is How AED Can Thwart SAMs An active expendable decoy, or AED, was recently tested on the US F-35 Lightning II fighter. Using this decoy, the stealth fighter is expected to thwart attacks from a range of adversarial air defense systems, including China’s and Russia’s S-400 missiles. This comes weeks after the US Navy disclosed plans to acquire an active expendable decoy (AED) for the Lockheed Martin F-35

The Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) is a great win for LM and an important mission to deliver for our country.

The United States has ordered the production of new lightweight #LWCLU launchers for the #Javelin anti-tank system. The Javelin Joint Venture received two production contracts totaling $267 million. Under the contracts, the command and control systems will also be sent to the military of #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania. “We will produce the Javelin LWCLU for the US Army, United States Marine Corps and allies,” the company stated. Work under these contracts will take place in #Tucson, and their completion is expected in 2026 and 2028. The LWCL control panel is the only component of the Javelin system and is resusable. The full-scale production of the LWCLU has resulted in cost-effectiveness and helped accelerate delivery times. The Javelin LWCLU is 30% smaller and 25% lighter than its predecessor, the Block I Command Launch Unit, while doubling target detection and recognition. The basic module consists of: the body, shock absorbers, handles, battery compartment, optical sight, thermal sight, eyepiece, training equipment connection slot and missile connection slot. Other relevant logistical and program support elements may be present. To date, the Javelin Joint Venture has produced more than 50,000 Javelin missiles and more than 12,000 reusable command and control launchers. As a reminder, in 2022, the United Kingdom ordered 513 new LWCLUs for Javelin. https://lnkd.in/dg5cbD9Z

The US is working on providing Ukraine with long-range JASSM cruise missiles for the F-16 and increasing their production. The Biden administration is "open" to providing Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles that will give F-16 fighter jets more combat power. The readiness of the White House to provide Ukraine with air-to-surface missiles appeared because of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's successful offensive in the Kursk region. There is no final decision yet, but the administration is working on the intricate details. An affirmative decision would deliver Ukraine JASSM missiles and the possibility to launch the cruise missiles from fighter jets for more than 300 km. Against this possible decision, the US State Department allocated $130M to increase the production of JASSM and LRASM anti-ship missiles. The funds will go to Lockheed Martin, which plans to increase its production capacity by the end of 2027. It should be noted that the Ukrainian army will receive an advanced Buffalo MPV armored engineering vehicle, which has been approved by Washington. This military vehicle manufactured by the US Army uses MRAP (Mine Resistant and Ambush Protection) technology. https://lnkd.in/dG_yYfxR