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US official defends early-warning systems after Hawaii 'failure'
Jan 14, 2018 (AFP)
The Pacific archipelago was already on edge over fears of a North Korean attack when the phones of residents and tourists blared the alert just after 8:00 am (1...
Hawaii 'missile alert' sparks anger, demands for answers
Jan 14, 2018 (AFP)
The notification was sent out just after 8:00 am (1800 GMT) on Saturday, lighting up phones with a disturbing alert urging people to "seek immediate shelter." E...
Lockheed Martin demonstrates next generation Aegis Ashore Solution
Jan 12, 2018 (SPX)
"Connecting these systems is more than a technological advantage - it's a way to provide the warfighter with earlier intelligence and expanded situational aware...
SBIRS GEO Flight-4 missile warning satellite encapsulated for launch
Jan 12, 2018 (SPX)
During encapsulation, SBIRS GEO Flight-4 was sealed in its launch fairing, an aerodynamic, nose-cone shell that protects the satellite during launch. In the com...
Lockheed to support AEGIS missile system on USS Stout
Jan 08, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $10.1 million under a fixed-price-incentive modification to a previous award con...
Saudi intercepts ballistic missile near Yemen border: state media
Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)
The Huthi rebels, locked in a war against Yemen's Saudi-backed government, said they had fired a missile at the kingdom's southwestern province of Najran in a s...
Turkey commissions study for future missile defense system
Jan 05, 2018 (UPI)
MBDA, a shareholder in Eurosam, announced on Friday the award of a contract to the three companies to study the future of long range air and missile defense sys...
Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missile
Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)
The Riyadh-led military coalition fighting the rebels in Yemen in a statement said Saudi air defences intercepted the missile at around 0500 GMT, but reported n...
Russia accuses US of breaking treaty over defence system sale to Japan
Dec 30, 2017 (AFP)
"The US is deploying them (missile defence systems) at their military bases in Romania and Poland, that is near our western borders, which goes against the 1987...
Lockheed awarded contract for AEGIS upgrades
Dec 29, 2017 (UPI)
The $20.5 million contract, announced Thursday by Department of Defense, comes under a cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price letter contract, which is a cost-re...
Lockheed awarded $102.5M for support of Navy's AEGIS system
Dec 28, 2017 (UPI)
The $102.5 million contract, announced Tuesday by Department of Defense, comes under a cost-plus-incentive-fee, which is a cost-reimbursement contract that coul...
Lockheed Martin receives another $553M for THAAD
Dec 26, 2017 (UPI)
The contract, announced on Friday by the Pentagon, is worth more than $826.6 million under a modification to a previous contract in order to definitize the form...
US sanctions two N.Koreans over ballistic missile program
Dec 26, 2017 (AFP)
Tensions have escalated after the isolated but nuclear-armed regime staged a series of atomic and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests, most recently...
Saudi says it intercepted Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh
Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley described the strike as bearing "all the hallmarks of previous attacks using Iranian-provided weapons" as she announced Wash...
Japan to beef up missile defence system against N. Korea
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
The regime in Pyongyang has fired two missiles over Japan this year and has threatened to "sink" the country into the sea. Last month, North Korea test-fired an...
Pentagon works to 'understand' missile strike on Saudi
Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia earlier said it had shot down a ballistic missile over Riyadh that was fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. The rebels said they targeted ...
Lockheed Martin to support AEGIS system for Japanese self defense forces
Dec 18, 2017 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $135.8 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee con...
US, S. Korea, Japan start missile-tracking drill, irking China
Dec 11, 2017 (AFP)
The trilateral drill comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and declared it had achieved nuclear s...
Japan to host joint missile tracking drill amid N. Korea threat
Dec 10, 2017 (AFP)
The announcement of the joint exercise, a sixth such drill since 2016, comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile which dropped in...
Japan plans long-range missiles amid N. Korea threat: minister
Dec 08, 2017 (AFP)
Itsunori Onodera said the ministry intends to request a special budget for the fiscal year starting April 2018 to purchase long-range cruise missiles deployed o...
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