Air & Missile Defense Systems

U.S. Defense Firms at Le Bourget Outline Step One Using NASAMS, THAAD for Golden Dome

U.S. Defense Firms at Le Bourget Outline Step One Using NASAMS, THAAD for Golden Dome

The Paris Air Show gave America’s biggest defense suppliers a global stage to describe how they would fold familiar missiles, radars and command-and-control networks into President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome homeland-defense plan. They argued that starting with hardware already in service will cut cost and time, but even their upbeat briefings could not hide a basic truth: no one yet knows exactly who will run integration, how the money will flow, or whether a space-based interceptor layer can be fielded by 2028.

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U.S. Army Commences 2025 Production of IFPC Increment 2 to Strengthen Mid-Tier Air Defense

U.S. Army Commences 2025 Production of IFPC Increment 2 to Strengthen Mid-Tier Air Defense

The Army has given the green light to start low-rate production of its Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 system this October. Defense officials confirm that the signed acquisition decision memorandum cleared the final gate after a quick turn-around review on 28 June. According to industry sources, Dynetics, a Leidos company, received the first production task order hours later. The order covers eight launchers, two battle management kits, and initial spares worth about $385 million.

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