Israel’s missile defense system is effective in close quarters. That model won’t help the U.S.

The YAL-1A is a converted Boeing 747 created by the Missile Defense Agency and outfitted with a chemical oxygen iodine laser. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.

The photo is from a 2007 announcement by the Air Force about a prototype plane. The pictured aircraft was disassembled more ...

President Donald Trump wants to destroy missiles with "space-based interceptors," but the idea is unlikely to be realistic, according to The Washington Post. Trump signed an executive order on Monday ...

Gen. Dan Karbler told the audience at the virtual Space Missile Defense symposium on Tuesday The so-called “laser battalion,” as Defense One described it, would eventually deploy the new 50 kw ...

The Boeing 747-400 wide-body airliner has been around ... expected to release the hypersonic aircraft on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It's unclear what cargo the Talon will carry ...

A California-based company has been awarded a contract by Missile Defense Agency for hypersonic ... to Stratolaunch’s Spirit of Mojave 747 (modified Boeing 747) launch platform to expand Talon ...

Stratolaunch, a California-based aerospace company, has secured a significant $24.7 million contract from the U.S. Missile ... current defense mechanisms. A key component of the project involves ...

enabling rapid testing of new missile defense architectures designed to defend against hypersonic threats." "By enabling Talon-A launches from any airport capable of accommodating a 747 ...