Courtesy Photo | Missile Defense Agency | 06.01.2023
The Missile Defense System is an integrated, "layered" architecture that provides multiple opportunities to destroy missiles and their warheads before they can reach their targets. The system's architecture includes Sensors; Command & Control, Battle Management & Communications (C2BMC); and Weapons systems and interceptors....
Photo by Ryan Keith | Missile Defense Agency | 09.26.2025
MDA's NOBLE announcement (Solicitation No. HQ0860-25-S-0001) is a 5-year notice that contains multiple authorities to which individual Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and non-FAR based solicitations can be issued against. Under NOBLE, MDA is seeking new and innovative concepts, disruptive technologies and rapid prototyping and demonstration efforts. The goal is to mature these......
Courtesy Video | Missile Defense Agency | 06.23.2025
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with U.S. Space Force and U.S. Northern Command, conducted a flight test on June 23, 2025, in which the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, successfully acquired, tracked and reported missile target data to the Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC). This was the radar’s......
Courtesy Photo | Missile Defense Agency | 08.15.2023
The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, is a multi-mission, multi-face radar designed to provide search, track and discrimination capability in support of homeland defense. (courtesy photo/released)...
Courtesy Photo | Missile Defense Agency | 06.23.2025
During Flight Test Other-26a, or FTX-26a, a target developed by the Missile Defense Agency is air launched over the northern Pacific Ocean. It flew over 2,000 kilometers off the southern coast of Alaska where it was tracked by the Long Range Discrimination Radar and the Upgraded Early Warning Radar, both located at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska. MDA photograph (courtesy photo/released)...
Courtesy Photo | Missile Defense Agency | 06.23.2025
During Flight Test Other-26a, or FTX-26a, a target developed by the Missile Defense Agency is air launched over the northern Pacific Ocean. It flew over 2,000 kilometers off the southern coast of Alaska where it was tracked by the Long Range Discrimination Radar and the Upgraded Early Warning Radar, both located at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska. MDA photograph (courtesy photo/released)...
Story by Fred Hair | Missile Defense Agency | 06.24.2025
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with U.S. Space Force and U.S. Northern Command, conducted a flight test on June 23, 2025, in which the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, successfully acquired, tracked and reported missile target data to the Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC). This was the radar’s......
Courtesy Photo | Missile Defense Agency | 06.23.2025
During Flight Test Other-26a, or FTX-26a, a target developed by the Missile Defense Agency is air launched over the northern Pacific Ocean. It flew over 2,000 kilometers off the southern coast of Alaska where it was tracked by the Long Range Discrimination Radar and the Upgraded Early Warning Radar, both located at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska. MDA photograph (courtesy photo/released)...
