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Raytheon contracted for Patriot missile support
Feb 02, 2017 (UPI)
Raytheon received a $202 million foreign military sales contract to provide engineering services for its Patriot weapon system. The contract includes sales to v...
Lockheed Martin to perform additional THAAD development
Feb 01, 2017 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin received a $345.5 million contract modification to perform additional development services for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense elements. The...
MEADS team submits updated proposal for Poland's Wilsa program
Feb 01, 2017 (UPI)
The Polish government received an updated offer for its medium-range air defense program from MEADS International. The offer updates the company's proposal alon...
S. Korea, US defence chiefs back anti-missile system
Jan 31, 2017 (AFP)
South Korea's defence chief and his new US counterpart vowed Tuesday to push ahead with a plan to deploy a US anti-missile system this year, Seoul's military sa...
Russia restores radar field securing all-round defense against missile attacks
Jan 27, 2017 (Sputnik)
The Russian Aerospace Forces have restored the united radar field, which provides control and warns of missile launches and attacks outside the state borders, m...
Moscow's air defense registered a dozen missile launches in 2016
Jan 27, 2017 (Sputnik)
In 2016 the crew of a Don-2N radar facility, one of many keeping an eye on the skies over Moscow and the Central Industrial Region, registered nearly a dozen ba...
New tests for David's Sling weapon system
Jan 26, 2017 (UPI)
Israel and the United States have completed a fifth series of tests on the David's Sling missile defense system. Israel's Ministry of Defense said the tests occ...
S-500 to strengthen Russia's 'air defense system for the 21 Century'
Jan 24, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia is in the process of creating an integrated national air defense system, which is expected to become fully operational once the cutting-edge S-500 Promet...
S. Korea's acting president urges 'swift' THAAD deployment
Jan 23, 2017 (AFP)
North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities are accelerating at an "unprecedented" pace, the South's acting president said Monday, urging the swift deploymen...
Israel Introduces Arrow-3 Missile Interceptor System
Jan 20, 2017 (Sputnik)
Arrow-3, a missile-defense system capable of destroying targets in space, codeveloped by Israel Aerospace Industries and Boeing, has officially entered service,...
SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Responding to Ground Control
Jan 20, 2017 (SPX)
After a successful evening launch, the third U.S. Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO satellite is now responding to commands as planned, approxim...
Israel army gets new ballistic missile interceptors
Jan 18, 2017 (AFP)
The Israeli army on Wednesday received new ballistic missile interceptors that significantly upgrade the Jewish state's aerial defence systems in the face of "e...
Italy joins EUROSAM's Aster 30 B1NT program
Jan 13, 2017 (UPI)
EUROSAM, a consortium formed by Thales Group and MBDA Systems, has formally welcomed Italy to its Aster 30 Block 1 NT program. The B1NT program is an effort sup...
SBIRS GEO Flight 3 encapsulated for launch
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force's next Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), was encapsulated...
U.S. Air Force prepares SBIRS satellite for launch
Jan 10, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force has encapsulated its Space Based Infrared System satellite in preparation for the craft's planned launch. The satellite, built by Lockheed Ma...
US would 'not necessarily' shoot down NKorean missile: Pentagon
Jan 10, 2017 (AFP)
The US military would not necessarily shoot down a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile, should the country's leader try to test one, Defense Secreta...
S. Korea vows US missile system as opposition lawmakers head to China
Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)
South Korea is committed to deploying an advanced US missile defense system this year despite opposition from China, a minister said Wednesday, even as oppositi...
US can defend itself from N.Korea missile attack: Pentagon
Jan 03, 2017 (AFP)
The United States is certain it can defend itself from an attack by North Korea, the Defense Department said Tuesday after Pyongyang warned it was close to test...
MBDA submits proposal for TLVS development in Germany
Dec 29, 2016 (UPI)
MBDA Missile Systems' German subsidiary submitted its proposal for the development of TLVS, the planned follow-up to the MEADS defense system. The new system wi...
Unidentified country orders Patriot system upgrade
Dec 29, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon is to modernize the Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System of an unidentified country under a $600 million commercial sales contract. The up...
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