Skip to content
My AFA Account Search
My AFA Search
  • News
    • News Home
    • Air
    • Space
    • Personnel
    • National Security
    • Joint Training
    • Electronic Warfare
    • Technology
    • Budget
  • Daily Report
    • Today’s Report
    • Airframe
    • Subscribe!
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Back Issues
    • Almanac
    • Get The Magazine
  • History Home
    • Chronology: History of Airpower
    • Valor
    • Namesakes
  • About Us
    • About Us Home
    • Our Staff & Products
    • Join AFA
    • Advertise with Us
    • Contact Us
    • Reuse and Reprint Permission
  • Weapons & Platforms
  • CCA
Subscribe
Close Image

HBTSS

Pentagon to Deploy Discriminating Space Sensor for Ballistic Threat as Part of Golden Dome

May 14, 2025 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Missile Defense Agency is building Discriminating Space Sensor to place its prototype on orbit by 2029. The DSS will track ballistic missiles, and be operated by the Space Force. The DSS, along with the agency's Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) satellites are expected to ...

Missile Defense Agency Moves Out Quickly on ‘Iron Dome’

Feb. 7, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
The Missile Defense Agency is moving quickly to gather ideas for President Donald Trump’s proposed “Iron Dome for America” and hopes to make progress on some within the next two years. 

MDA Boss: Let’s ‘Think Creatively’ for Hypersonic Defense While Waiting for New System

June 6, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
While lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to move faster in developing a new missile defense system for intercepting hypersonic weapons, the Missile Defense Agency should focus on developing more immediate, make-do solutions now and not rush to field the more advanced weapon, its director suggested June ...

Hypersonic Missile Defense ‘A Few Years’ Away, Top Brass Tell Senators

May 18, 2022 | By Abraham Mahshie
The Senate Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces heard testimony from the Defense Department’s top missile defense leaders and demanded to know why the Missile Defense Agency's proposed $9.6 billion fiscal 2023 budget will not yield more reliable defense against hypersonic weapons already being fielded ...
Sorry, no posts were found.

Latest News

Trump Announces Plan For Golden Dome, Led By Space Force General

USAF Has Started Planning for Qatari 747 to Enter Presidential Service as Air Force One

Space Force Losing 14 Percent of Civilian Workers as It Faces ‘Outsize Impact’ of Pentagon Job Cuts

Air Force Reserve Pilots Short $26 Million for Flying Hours, Putting ‘Proficiency at Risk’

The Biggest News from India-Pakistan Air Battle: the Kill Chain

Listen to the latest
Aerospace Advantage Podcast
from the Mitchell Institute

China Update: 6th Gen Fighters, Russia Relations, and Taiwan Strait Drills

Listen Now

Subscribe to the Daily Report

Get your daily fix of Air & Space Force news delivered right to your inbox every day. There's no more reliable source for news about your Air & Space Forces.

Subscribe Today
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Daily Report
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe!
  • Air & Space Forces Association
  • Reuse and Reprint Permission
  • Privacy Policy

Air & Space Forces Magazine is the official publication of the Air & Space Forces Association, 1201 S. Joyce St., C6 / Second Fl., Arlington, Va., 22202. Copyright 2024

We use cookies and other data collection technologies to provide the best experience for our visitors. Click here to request that your data not be shared with third parties.