The Space Development Agency is interested in custody layer, HBTSS and other capabilities for the planned missile defense architecture.

The new executive order tasks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to deliver a comprehensive plan for a next-generation homeland missile defense reference architecture in the next 60…

Pete Hegseth briefed a small group of reporters at the Pentagon for the first time as the secretary of defense on Monday.

The Army plans to spend about $646 million total on the MDAC system project in fiscal 2025-2027, according to budget documents.

The systems will be equipped with fire control-quality sensors to address advanced missile threats such as hypersonic weapons.

"One of the biggest challenges is simply that early part of the decision-making in that counter kill chain," according to the DOD's principal director for directed energy.

Six of the satellites in the Tranche 2 tracking layer will provide fire control-quality data to warfighters, an SDA official said.

A new report from CSIS is intended to be a "cheat sheet" for policy makers weighing current and future sensor architecture designs.

The successful review paves the way for six satellites — part of Epoch 1 of the service’s Resilient Missile Warning and Missile Tracking-MEO (MEO MW/MT) program —…

"They're coming here to meet with me in September and we're going to start to flesh out the details,” Pentagon CTO Heidi Shyu said.