THIS WEEK IN MISSILE DEFENSE September 7 - September 13, 2019 THE WEEK IN BRIEF Click Here to Watch This Week in Missile Defense Video Last Friday, the Missile Defense Agency issued a classified draft request for proposals to replace the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, which was cancelled last month after Pentagon leadership concluded the program wouldn’t work. The new program has been dubbed the Next Generation Interceptor. On Sunday, Shi’ite militias operating under the command of Iran’s Quds Force – the overseas arm of Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards – fired a number of rockets at Israel from Syria, but they failed to hit Israeli territory. The military said the rockets were launched from an area near Damascus. On Monday, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presided over a presentation of the colors ceremony that reestablished U.S. Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Marine Corps General Joe Dunford said SPACECOM allows the U.S. to retain the high ground in this new world of warfare. On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense advanced its Fiscal Year 2020 funding bill that provides the Missile Defense Agency with $237.8 million to accelerate hypersonic defense programs. It also included $108 million for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program. Also on Tuesday, the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio issued a capability request for information for the Directed Energy Counter-Cruise Missiles project. The DE C-CM experiment seeks to assess directed energy weapon technology to defeat cruise missiles. Additionally on Tuesday, North Korea tested its super-large multiple rocket launcher hours after a diplomat announced Pyongyang would be willing to resume negotiations with the U.S. later this month. The test included three launches and is believed to have had mixed failure and success. One of the rockets is believed to have misfired and only one successfully hit its target 330 km away from the launch site. Click here to read all of the headlines from the week. MDAA CONGRESSIONAL ROUNDTABLE Click here to join the RSVP waitlist. The event will be live streamed on MDAA's YouTube account. MDAA ALERTS Implementation to defend the United States from Missiles Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace Eight months ago, President Donald Trump – the Commander in Chief – put forward his plan and vision for his administration with Congress to deliver to the American public a safer and more secure America and world from missile... Click Here to read more... This week MDAA met and spoke with Army Air and Missile Defenders at the Army's Air Defense Artillery schoolhouse at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. The discussions focused on the Army's Patriot, THAAD, and C-RAM capabilities. MDAA WEBSITE UPDATES AND FEATURES Iron Dome (Israel) Israel’s current short-range anti-rocket, artillery and mortars system – Iron Dome – was independently developed by Israeli companies Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and IAI, before Raytheon joined the development process for the Tamir interceptor missiles in 2014, a condition of US funding. Learn more about Iron Dome (Israel) Israel Israel is a very close ally for the United States and this position enables Israel to share some of the most advanced U.S. technologies. Geopolitics of the Middle East region and very hostile neighbors (technically Israel has been at war with Syria for decades) dictates the country to  Learn more about Israel SS-18 Satan/ R-36M2 Voyevoda The R-36M2 has its roots in the R-36M, developed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau for the Soviet Union beginning in 1969. This weapon system was an intercontinental ballistic missile stored in hardened silos which were converted for use from previous Soviet missiles. Learn more about SS-18 Satan/ R-36M2 Voyevan MISSILE DEFENDER OF THE WEEK Staff Sergeant Ryan Biggs SSG Biggs enlisted in the Army in 2009 as a Signal Support Systems Specialist. After his initial entry training, he was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1-157 Infantry Battalion at Ft. Carson, Colorado. During his four years with the infantry, he obtained multiple military occupation specialties and became the Battalion Signal Digital Master Gunner. He was then selected as the senior local area network manager for the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, where he spent four years working in the S6. He then took a broadening assignment and transitioned to 14S and attended the Ground-based Midcourse Defense qualification course and was assigned as the readiness officer for Alpha Crew. After 14 months on crew, he was selected as the 100th Missile Defense Brigade S6 Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) where he currently works. Click here to view the winners from the 2019 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year. NEWS MISSILE DEFENSE NEWS Pentagon Issues Classified RFP For New Missile Interceptor – 09/09/2019 – Breaking Defense White House pushes back on Senate language on Space Force, missile defense satellites – 09/09/2019 – SPACENEWS Space and Missile Systems Center awards $4.9 million Small Rocket Program-Orbital contract for Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON)-45 mi – 09/10/2019 – SpaceRef CCDC’S road map to modernizing the Army: air and missile defense – 09/11/2019 - DVIDS THREAT NEWS Iran-backed militias fired missiles at Israel from Syria: Israeli army – 09/09/2019 - Al Arabiya English Iraqi militia leader ‘sought Iran’s help to buy Russian missiles’ – 09/09/2019 – The National North Korea’s developing increasingly ‘advanced’ missiles – security experts – 09/09/2019 – The Mirror UPDATE 3-North Korea offers talks then launches more short-range projectiles – 09/10/2019 – Reuters Japan says no immediate threat to national security from North Korea launches – 09/10/2019 – Reuters Seoul: North Korea short-range missiles flew 200 miles inland – 09/11/2019 – UPI Russia nearly ready for reciprocal response after U.S. missile test – RIA – 09/11/2019 – Reuters Russian nuclear missile with ‘unlimited’ range to be ready by 2025, US intelligence says – 09/12/2019 - CNBC OTHER NEWS US eyeing sanctions over Turkey’s purchase of Russian missile system – 09/10/2019 – Israel Hayom Dunford: Spacecom Allows U.S. to Retain ‘High Ground’ – 09/10/2019 – U.S. Dept of Defense Senate defense appropriators support DoD space request, propose ‘tactical responsive launch’ program – 09/11/2019 - SPACENEWS Will Trump’s Wall Mean a Delay in Defense Funding? – 09/11/2019 – Breaking Defense Stay Connected: ‌ ‌ ‌ 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!