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Lockheed Martin missile defense sensor technology receives prototyping contract
Oct 23, 2017 (SPX)
DOTC, commissioned by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, is a DoD initiative intended to facilitate collaboration between...
Raytheon's SM-3 intercepts medium-range target during NATO exercise
Oct 23, 2017 (UPI)
Formidable Shield 17 is an integrated air and missile defense exercise that simulates real life threat scenarios. Ships from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the...
Report: Japan eyeing SM-6 missiles for defense program
Oct 20, 2017 (UPI)
The SM-6 missiles would be in addition to SM-3 Block 2A missiles for defense against ballistic missiles, the Japan News, a Yomiuri Simbun publication, reported....
Lockheed Martin to develop missile defense tools under DoD deal
Oct 20, 2017 (UPI)
The award is from the Department's Ordnance Technology Consortium, an initiative to facilitate collaboration between the government, industry and academia for t...
Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion supports NATO Missile Defense Test
Oct 19, 2017 (SPX)
Formidable Shield 2017, a live-fire exercise supported by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy, which started Sept. 24 and ran through Oct. 17, include...
Aegis completes series of air and missile defense tests during NATO exercise
Oct 19, 2017 (SPX)
Formidable Shield is designed to demonstrate and improve allied interoperability in an integrated air and missile defense environment, using NATO command-and-co...
US to sell $15 bn THAAD missile defense to Saudi Arabia
Oct 06, 2017 (AFP)
"This sale furthers US national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Ir...
Australia's new frigates to feature long-range missile defence system
Oct 03, 2017 (AFP)
Canberra in May revealed details of a massive shipbuilding strategy, its largest peacetime naval investment, including 12 new submarines and 12 offshore patrol ...
PAC-3 MSE Test Successful from Remote Launcher
Sep 26, 2017 (SPX)
As part of a U.S. Army-led missile defense flight test at the Reagan Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the test demonstrated the expande...
Lockheed Martin to replace USS Fitzgerald's SPY-1D AEGIS radar
Sep 25, 2017 (UPI)
The awarded procurement is for beginning repair work on the Fitzgerald after its collision with a civilian cargo ship June 17 that killed seven U.S. sailors. Th...
Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile
Sep 24, 2017 (AFP)
The ballistic missile targeted Khamis Mushait, which houses the Saudi-led coalition's main airbase for its operations in Yemen, the official Saudi Press Agency ...
PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile launcher downs target via remote control
Sep 22, 2017 (UPI)
The test was conducted by the U.S. Army at Reagan Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The PAC-3 Missile Enhancement Segment ballistic miss...
Orbital ATK launches Patriot system target vehicle
Sep 21, 2017 (UPI)
The launch into the Reagan test site at Kwajalein island earlier this month, and announced Thursday by Orbital, was part of a readiness test of the U.S. Army Lo...
Israeli Air Force stands up second Iron Dome battalion
Sep 20, 2017 (UPI)
Iron Dome, a mobile defense system, was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries to intercept and destroy short-range rockets...
Japan deploys missile defence to northern island: minister
Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)
"As part of measures to prepare for emergencies, we will today deploy a PAC-3 unit" to a base of the nation's Ground Self-Defense Force in the southern tip of H...
To shoot down or not? NKorea launch highlights intercept issues
Sep 17, 2017 (AFP)
The test follows one in August that saw another rocket soar over Hokkaido. In that case too, much-vaunted Japanese and US missile-intercept capabilities were no...
'Take cover' - but where? Japanese helpless over N.Korea threat
Sep 16, 2017 (AFP)
That's the emergency advice given to the Japanese people in the event of a North Korean missile strike. But there are two big problems: most Japanese homes are ...
Navy tests AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
The event took place off the west coast of Hawaii on Sept. 7, involving a short-range ballistic missile target and a number of air-to-surface cruise missile tar...
S. Korea, US deploy missile defence amid China protest
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
A convoy of US military trucks carrying four launchers for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system made their way through an activists' blockade ...
S. Korea launches missile drill after North's nuclear test
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
Pictures showed South Korean short-range Hyunmoo ballistic missiles roaring into the sky in the pale light of dawn from a launch site on the country's east coas...
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