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A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) solicited on Sept. 15 ...

High-altitude flight is getting increasing attention from sectors ranging from telecommunications to emergency response. To make that airspace more accessible, NASA is developing an air traffic ...

Though many eyes are on space as orbit develops into a thriving business ecosystem, Radical is keeping things a little closer to the ground — but not too close. Its high-altitude, solar-powered ...

The AIM-120 AMRAAM, in providing beyond-visual-range capability, was designed for use with high-speed aircraft and was not the weapon of preference for these slow-drifting targets. These intercepts ...

An analysis of the THAAD missile defence system, its real world operational record, deployment footprint and role in modern layered air defence ...

An Air Launched Effects system is deployed from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in a September 2020 experiment. (Photo by Spc. Javion Siders/U.S. Army) The Army is scouring industry for unmanned ...