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Turkey says will use Russian S-400 defence system
Nov 16, 2019 (AFP)
The purchase of the Russian system and its subsequent delivery of the system in July has been a major source of friction between two NATO allies Turkey and the ...
Raytheon nabs $209.6M contract to upgrade parts on Aegis Weapon System
Nov 15, 2019 (UPI)
The $209.6 million contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, funds work to repair, upgrade or replace 361 NIIN items on two parts of the Aegis ...
Erdogan says would buy Patriots but won't give up S-400s
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
"It is out of the question to leave the S-400s and go towards the Patriots when we are at this point" of strengthening relations with Russia, Erdogan told Turki...
EU to create own early missile warning system
Nov 12, 2019 (Sputnik)
The Council of the European Union adopted on Tuesday an updated list of 13 joint defence projects, covering both biological defence, chemical defence, space and...
US to Turkey: Don't turn on Russian system, avoid sanctions
Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Turkey that had been imposed over its assault on US-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters, which created a cris...
Russia sends S-400 system to Serbia for drills
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
The systems will be deployed at Batajnica base, outside the capital, as part of the exercises that will take place on October 23-29, a statement said. It is the...
Turkey, Russia discuss new S-400 supplies: report
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Alexander Mikheyev, head of state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, told Interfax news agency that the two countries were discussing financing and "a delivery sche...
US Army has no plans to purchase more Iron Dome systems
Oct 16, 2019 (UPI)
The purchase of the interim system in the summer of 2019 was a stopgap measure, officials said, meant to meet Congress's 2023 deadline on missile defense in the...
Norway's increased military budget omits NATO missile defense system
Oct 09, 2019 (UPI)
The $6.56 billion defense budget will instead include the introduction of a new short-range air defense, the acquisition of tanks, the service of F-35 fighter p...
Russia to deploy over 10 space monitoring centres by 2022
Oct 07, 2019 (Sputnik)
"It is planned to deploy over 10 new laser-optical and radio-technical systems in Russia that implement various principles of detecting and identifying space ob...
Putin: Russia is helping China with missile defense system
Oct 04, 2019 (UPI)
He added that Russian involvement will give China a measure of protection which only the United States and Russia currently have. China now has only a small, Ru...
Lockheed nets $163.9M to support space-based infrared system
Oct 03, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, awarded specifically to the company's Lockheed Martin Space division on Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers SBIRS contractor logistics ...
Orbital nabs $1.1B contract for Missile Defense targets
Sep 23, 2019 (UPI)
The company, based in Chandler, Ariz., and a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, will build "threat-representative subscale targets with simple a...
Developer hints at start date for mass production of Russia's S-500 missile system
Sep 17, 2019 (Sputnik)
Russia plans to begin mass production of the S-500 air defence system in the second half of 2020, Sergei Chemezov, CEO of Russian defence industry giant Rostec,...
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systems
Sep 16, 2019 (AFP)
"We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory. "She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the S-300 Russian ...
Lockheed nabs $50.3M Navy contract for Aegis system upgrades
Sep 04, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Pentagon, calls for ship integration and test of the Aegis Weapon System for AWS Baselines through the system's latest up...
Raytheon nabs $10.8M contract to support Kuwait's Patriot missiles
Aug 30, 2019 (UPI)
Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Co. will offer technical assistance, planning, training, maintenance and sustainment to Kuwait, in addition to pertinent equipme...
Russia receives India's advance payment for S-400 air defence systems
Aug 30, 2019 (Sputnik)
Russia has received from India an advance payment for S-400 air defence missile systems, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation revealed on Thur...
MDA test of remote-fired THAAD missile interceptor a success
Aug 30, 2019 (UPI)
"Preliminary indications are that planned flight test objectives were achieved and the target was successfully intercepted by the THAAD weapon system," MDA said...
State Department approves $3.3B missile sale to Japan
Aug 28, 2019 (UPI)
The request by Japan includes up to 73 SM-3 Block IIA standard missiles, and support in the form of MK 29 canisters with packing, handling, storage, and transpo...
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