Missile Defense Agency

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Catch me if you can? Check.

April 14, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories is helping defend deployed troops and the nation against hypersonic threats.

Categories: Military / Defense

Topics: hypersonic weapons, missile defense, Missile Defense Agency

Kauai Test Facility launches its largest missile

September 28, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The largest missile ever to launch from Sandia National Laboratories’ Kauai Test Facility in Hawaii has shown the storied test range is still growing to meet the testing needs of advanced weapons systems. Sandia used the four years leading up the launch to ensure the test facility...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: advanced weapons systems, Kauai Test Facility, missile defense, Missile Defense Agency

More than 400 rockets soar from Sandia’s Kauai Test Facility in 50-year history

December 17, 2012 • KAUAI, Hawaii — A white-orange oval, the rocket moves slowly, silently across the night sky, followed by a metallic roar that fades away the farther it flies from its launch pad at Sandia National Laboratories’ Kauai Test Facility. When the rocket is an orange ember against the black backdrop, it...

Categories: Military / Defense

Topics: Hawaii, Kauai, Kauai Test Facility, MDA, Missile Defense Agency, national laboratories, navy, Sandia