News & Updates

May 18, 2021

Air Defense News

U.S. Sixth Fleet and STRIKFORNATO Commence Complex Air and Missile Defense Exercise

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6th Fleet: Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS) 2021, a live-fire integrated air and missile…

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May 18, 2021

Air Defense News

Iron Dome intercepts drone during combat for first time, says Israeli military

DefenseNews: Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system has intercepted a drone belonging to the Hamas militant group, a first for…

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May 13, 2021

Air Defense News

Space Force looking to deploy radar satellites to track moving targets on the ground

SpaceNews: The U.S. Air Force wants to use small radar satellites to track moving objects on the ground and the…

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May 12, 2021

Air Defense News

Army Revamps to Pursue New Air-and-Missile Defense Tech

National Defense: As the Army works toward modernizing its air-and-missile defense capabilities, the service is expanding efforts to develop joint…

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May 11, 2021

Air Defense News

When Ford’s strike group sails, communication and coordination are the focus

Daily Press: When the USS Gerald R. Ford headed out to sea last month for some final weeks of tests…

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May 10, 2021

Air Defense News

U.S.-Israel Team To Battle Iran Missiles

Breaking Defense: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat have agreed to establish…

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May 10, 2021

Air Defense News

French Naval Group Delivers First Air Defense FREMM Frigate to the French Navy

Second Line of Defense: The FREMM DA Alsace was launched April 18, 2019 at the Naval Group shipyard of Lorient…

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May 10, 2021

Air Defense News

U.S. considers boost to security aid for Ukraine, says Blinken

DefenseNews: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration will consider Ukraine’s expected request to buy American missile…

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May 3, 2021

Air Defense News

Task Force Spartan participates in missile defense exercise

DVIDS: The 130th Field Artillery Brigade of Task Force Spartan participated in an Air and Missile Defense Exercise (AMDEX 21),…

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Apr 27, 2021

Air Defense News

NATO partners discuss command and control leading up to AK21

DVIDS: U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa hosted the first Command and Control Commanders’ Conference with the…

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