Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $74 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to produce the U.S. government’s eighth Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery. The company ...

Each battery consists of six truck-mounted launchers, 48 interceptors, radio and radar equipment, and requires 95 soldiers to operate. The THAAD is considered a complimentary system to the Patriot ...

The first team of U.S. military personnel arrived in Israel on Monday to help with the installment and operation of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, which aims to boost ...

Following Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the U.S. moved a THAAD battery to the Middle East. A THAAD battery was also deployed to Israel back in 2019 for "training and an integrated air ...

The US is sending a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery and American operators to Israel. THAAD is a highly advanced air-defense system that can intercept ballistic missiles.

Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of the THAAD battery at the direction of President Joe Biden.

The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel.

Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized the deployment of the THAAD battery at the direction of President Joe Biden.