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Russia's 'US Missile Defense-Killing' Hypersonic Rockets Arriving Soon
Aug 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian defense analyst Vladimir Tuchkov analyses Russian, Chinese and American developments in hypersonic weapons technology, including the expected timeframe ...
Lockheed Martin gets $112 million Aegis modernization contract
Aug 15, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has received a $112 million U.S. Navy contract modification for the fiscal 2016 Aegis Modernization program. The pr...
Lockheed Martin gets $36 million Aegis Ashore missile defense contract
Aug 10, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Missions Systems and Training has been awarded a $36 million U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract to install Aegis Ashore equipment in Poland. T...
New SBIRS ground system enters into dedicated operational testing
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and 460th Space Wing are pleased to announce the successful completion of the Space-Based Infrared Sy...
The USAF's Next SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Ships to Cape Canaveral for October Launch
Aug 08, 2016 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin delivered the next Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air F...
China Mulls Ramping Up Its Missile Defense With Russia
Aug 04, 2016 (Sputnik)
With the televised demonstration of China's latest system of intercepting incoming ballistic missiles during the intermediate stage of their flight, it looks li...
Lockheed Martin gets $58 million Patriot missile contract modification
Aug 02, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has been awarded $58 million foreign military sales contract modification to enhance Qatari and Saudi Patriot missile ...
S. Korea's Park gets personal in US missile system row
Aug 02, 2016 (AFP)
President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday evoked memories of her parents' assassination as she hit back at opposition to the planned deployment of an advanced US anti-...
Raytheon gets $130 million missile defense contract modification
Jul 27, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has been awarded a $132 million contract modification for work on the Ballistic Missile Defense System's X-band radar. The m...
Russia Designing Blimps Aimed at Reducing Threat of US Cruise Missiles
Jul 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
The town of Peresvet outside Moscow is home to the testing area of an exotic type of non-lethal weapon - the aerostat. A decision on whether to include blimps i...
Will Russia and China Build an SCO-Based Joint Missile Defense System
Jul 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia and China may create a unified missile defense system for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. That's the conclusion of experts speaking at a forum ded...
Protests as S. Korea president defends US anti-missile system
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
Several thousand South Koreans staged an angry protest Thursday against the planned deployment of a US anti-missile system near their hometown, but President Pa...
Orbital ATK gets $182 million Missile Defense Agency contract
Jul 21, 2016 (UPI)
Orbital ATK has been awarded a $182 million U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Type 3 Configuration 2 target system. Th...
S. Korea confirms anti-missile system site
Jul 13, 2016 (AFP)
Seoul said Wednesday an advanced US missile defence system will be deployed in a remote southern county and will have the capacity to protect two thirds of the ...
Moscow to raise US missile shield at NATO summit
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
Moscow said Tuesday it plans to discuss improving airspace safety over the Baltic Sea and the risks of a US missile shield in Europe at its summit with NATO thi...
Raytheon, Lockheed report successful Patriot tests
Jul 11, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin each reported successful tests of the Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mex...
N. Korea threatens action over US anti-missile system
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
North Korea threatened Monday to take "physical action" after Washington and Seoul announced they would deploy a sophisticated US anti-missile defence system to...
US to deploy missiles in S.Korea as North riled
Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)
The United States is to deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea, the two allies said Friday, as North Korea warned US sanctions against its lea...
China protests over US deploying missile system in S.Korea
Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)
China lodged protests with US and South Korean ambassadors Friday over their countries' decision to deploy an American missile defence system to counter threats...
Raytheon's air and missile defense radar to be tested
Jul 07, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar early to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, the company announ...
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