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Lockheed awarded $932.8M to make THAADs for U.S., Saudi Arabia
Mar 24, 2020 (UPI)
The deal exercises options contract originally awarded in March 2017 and increases the contract's total value to $6.3 billion. The Terminal High Altitude Area D...
Missile Defense Agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar closer to delivery
Mar 11, 2020 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin continues to successfully achieve all program milestones as it works towards delivering the radar to MDA in 2020. The system will serve as a cri...
Arrows of misfortune as US Missile Defence needs upgrading
Mar 10, 2020 (Sputnik)
Washington, over time, has come to rely extensively on the threat of massive retaliation to deter its perceived adversaries like nuclear powers Russia and China...
Syrian air defence responds to 'Israeli missiles': state media
Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)
"Our air defence confronted an Israeli missile attack in the southwest of Quneitra province" in the south and also in a central region, SANA news agency said. T...
BAE wins $188.2M Navy contract for AEGIS system engineering, testing
Mar 02, 2020 (UPI)
The five-year contract calls for AEGIS TECHREP to receive large-scale system engineering, integration, and testing expertise for the AEGIS Weapons and Combat Sy...
Raytheon completes first antenna array for anti-hypersonic sensor
Feb 21, 2020 (UPI)
"Raytheon's employees and partners are focused on delivering the first LTAMDS by the Army's Urgent Material Release date because we know how important expanded ...
Turkey says might receive US missiles over Syria threat
Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)
Tensions have mounted in the last three months between rebel-backer Turkey and Syria ally Moscow over President Bashar al-Assad's offensive in northwest Idlib, ...
Syrian air defence intercepts missile attack: state media
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
"Our air defences intercepted hostile targets over the skies of Damascus," state agency SANA said. It said the "missiles were launched from over the occupied Go...
Greece to send Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia: official
Feb 04, 2020 (AFP)
Athens will deploy the missiles at Saudi cost "to protect critical energy infrastructure," government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters. "The deployment c...
US awaits Iraq's okay to deploy Patriots to protect troops
Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)
Iran launched 11 missiles at a US air base at Ain al-Assad and another at a base in Erbil on January 8 in retaliation for the killing days earlier of Iranian Ge...
'Over in under a minute': commander divulges how quickly moscow's defences can thwart missile attack
Jan 23, 2020 (Sputnik)
In the event of an enemy attack, Moscow's air defences would intercept and destroy enemy missile targets in the space of less than a minute, missile defence for...
Lockheed nabs $114M deal to deliver Patriot missiles to UAE
Dec 31, 2019 (UPI)
The Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target, or Patriot, missile program is an air-defense guided missile system with long-range, medium-to-high-altitude a...
Syrian defences fire on 'hostile missiles' from Israel: state media
Dec 23, 2019 (AFP)
The "hostile missiles came from the Occupied Territories," Sana said, referring to Israel, adding that one missile came down in Aqraba, a suburb southeast of Da...
Moscow lifts veil on missile attack warning system
Dec 18, 2019 (AFP)
The new system, named Kupol or dome, is designed to detect launches of ballistic missiles and track them to their landing site, according to documents presented...
Germany in talks with Lockheed, MBDA for missile defense program
Dec 09, 2019 (UPI)
A joint proposal by the defense contractors for a high-profile missile system, known as TLVS, was submitted in June for a second time, but unclassified portions...
Israel and Czech Republic sign $125 mn missile defence deal
Dec 05, 2019 (AFP)
The radars will be integrated into the Czech air defence system which will use Prague's own rocket launchers, a ministry spokesperson said. The radars, used for...
Turkey didn't buy Russian defence system 'to keep in box': FM
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
"You don't buy a product to keep it in a box," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a press conference. Turkey's acquisition of the S-400 missile defence syst...
Pompeo: Turkey test of Russian defense system 'concerning'
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
"It's concerning," Pompeo told reporters when asked about reports that Turkey used US-developed F-16 fighter jets to test the S-400 system controversially purch...
Turkey tests Russian missile defences despite US threats
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
Planes, including F-16 fighter jets, circled the Murted military base in Ankara province to test the newly acquired S-400 system and train Turkish operators, ne...
US Government designates Lockheed Martin's latest generation radar
Nov 21, 2019 (SPX)
The Japanese Ministry of Defense selected AN/SPY-7(V)1 for two planned Aegis Ashore installations in 2018. Additionally, variants of AN/SPY-7(V)1 will be used b...
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