MISSILE DEFENSE

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Polish Ministry of Defense announces PAC-3 missile defense acquisition
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
"Signed memorandum states that the U.S. government agrees to sell Poland Patriot missile system in the latest configuration, such as the one used by the U.S. Ar...
Lockheed Martin receives Australian Hobart-class destroyer Aegis contract
Jul 03, 2017 (UPI)
The modification, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides engineering, logistics and in-country support services for the Aegis combat system com...
Lockheed Martin receives contract modification for UAE THAAD
Jun 29, 2017 (UPI)
The modification will fall under foreign military sales, provide software engineering support for UAE THAAD ground control integration and will raise the cumula...
Lockheed receives PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile contract
Jun 27, 2017 (UPI)
Under the modification, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, Lockheed would provide Pac-3 Support Center post-production re-capitalization and support...
Boecore awarded contract for ballistic missile launch warning system
Jun 26, 2017 (UPI)
The contract provides maintenance, operations, and logistical support for SEWS operations, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Work will be conducted at...
S. Koreans march to protest US missile defence system
Jun 24, 2017 (AFP)
The protest came as South Korea's new president Moon Jae-In heads to Washington next week for his first summit with Trump amid soaring tensions over Pyongyang's...
Test of US-Japanese missile interceptor fails
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
The two nations have been working together since 2006 to develop a variant of the Standard Missile-3, a ship-launched missile that operates as part of the Aegis...
Suspected N.Korea drone filmed missile defence site: Seoul
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
The remains of the small drone, which was equipped with a camera, were retrieved by the South's military last week from a hillside where it had crash-landed clo...
Seoul trapped between a rock and a THAAD place; NK tests cruise missile
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
Seoul suspended deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system this week following a furious campaign of economic sanctions and diplomatic...
S. Korea to freeze new THAAD deployment pending probe
Jun 07, 2017 (AFP)
Seoul agreed under Moon's ousted predecessor Park Geun-Hye last year to deploy the powerful missile intercept system to guard against threats from nuclear-armed...
Russia nears deal to sell air-defence system to Turkey
Jun 03, 2017 (AFP)
"Moscow and Ankara have almost finished discussing the technical side of the contract for S-400," Russian state giant Rostec said in a statement. The firm said ...
U.S. firms tout missile defense test
May 31, 2017 (UPI)
The flight test was conducted Tuesday over the Pacific. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency launched an unarmed ICBM from Kwajalein Atoll, while the exoatmospheric ...
As NKorea threat grows, US plans next anti-ICBM test in 2018
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
The high-tech, extremely costly tests of US missile defenses come as North Korea continues to push ahead with development of potentially nuclear-tipped ICBMs. W...
US successfully tests ICBM defense system
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
A ground-based interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California "successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile target" fired f...
US military to test anti-ICBM system
May 26, 2017 (AFP)
Scheduled for Tuesday, the test is the first time the military will attempt to intercept an ICBM. Previous trials have been against intermediate-range missiles,...
Lockheed Martin Wins $46 Million for Infrared Missile Warning Satellite
May 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
"Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded a $45,999,901 modification to previously awarded contract for production of the fifth and sixth Space Based Infr...
Elbit supplying unidentified customer with missile defense system
May 25, 2017 (UPI)
The contract, which will run for three years, has a value of $25 million, Elbit said. "We are proud to have won this contract and to supply the customer with J-...
General Dynamics receives Aegis contract from U.S. Navy
May 24, 2017 (UPI)
The program will deliver fully functional systems with testing and engineering support. It is expected to not affect current ship deployment or operational use....
Yemen rebel missile shot down near Saudi capital
May 19, 2017 (AFP)
Air defence units "intercepted a ballistic missile that was launched by Huthi militias", and it fell over an unpopulated area 180 kilometres from Riyadh, the Sa...
Lockheed Martin receives new THAAD contract
May 19, 2017 (UPI)
It will include forward stationing requirements, logistical support, software support, theatre deployment requirements, security, and engineering services. The ...
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