The Patriot air-defense system is lauded by militaries around the world for its ability to shoot down deadly drones and missiles. Now, a new version of a European weapon is set to challenge its ...

The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon a $1.7 billion contract to produce a new missile defense sensor that will replace the current Patriot system's radar, according to an Aug. 28 Pentagon contract ...

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is shown the newly arrived Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, seen in the background during a rainstorm on Guam on July 27, 2025. (SFC Nicole Mejia/U.S.

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar, designed to detect missiles headed toward the United States homeland, is undergoing maintenance to replace its golf ball-shaped radome. Rear Admiral Benjamin Nicholson, ...

The PAC-3 MSE has been coupled with the LTADMS radar to demonstrate a 360-degree engagement capability for the U.S. Army’s modernized IAMD architecture. The U.S. Army’s Patriot air defense system was ...

The United States homeland missile defense network received a major boost recently as a radar system designed to detect missile threats completed its operational trial period. The Long Range ...

In May 2025, President Trump selected a format for pursuing his long-sought Golden Dome, a missile defense system resembling Israel's Iron Dome. The program, which the White House officially ordered ...

Unusually, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile does not have an explosive warhead. Instead, it takes down incoming projectiles by colliding directly with them. The Terminal High ...

A full scale model of Raytheon's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, a next-generation radar that will defeat advanced threats like hypersonic weapons. (Photo courtesy of Raytheon) The U.S.