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BAE contracted for additional advanced guided rockets for the Navy
Oct 10, 2017 (UPI)
On Tuesday, the U.S. Navy requested the APKSTM guidance kits from BAE Systems in order to transform the Department of Defense's standard rocket mutations, the H...
Missile test fears as N. Korea marks key party anniversary
Oct 10, 2017 (AFP)
Tensions over North Korea's weapons programme have soared in recent months with Pyongyang launching a flurry of missiles and conducting its sixth and most power...
Raytheon integrates Stinger missile with armored vehicle
Oct 09, 2017 (UPI)
The integration was in response to the U.S. Army's urgent need for mobile air defense for ground troops. The Stinger system was incorporated into the vehicles' ...
US-Russia-China cooperation could hinder the proliferation of hypersonic missiles
Oct 06, 2017 (SPX)
The spread of this new class of weapons would increase the chance of strategic (missile-based) wars and would jeopardize nations small and large - including the...
Japan to purchase AMRAAM missiles from United States
Oct 05, 2017 (UPI)
Notice of the State Department finding was transmitted Wednesday to Congress by the U.S. Defense Security Agency, which manages the U.S. Foreign Military Sales ...
Saudi Arabia says to buy Russia S-400 defence systems, other arms
Oct 05, 2017 (AFP)
The agreement was announced as King Salman, who is on the first official trip to Russia by a Saudi monarch, and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks at t...
Taiwan navy personnel jailed for fatal missile misfire
Oct 01, 2017 (AFP)
They were convicted of causing death by negligence while on duty over the misfiring of the Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) supersonic missile, the district court i...
Putin in Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria
Sep 28, 2017 (AFP)
Despite a regional rivalry that goes back to the Ottoman Empire and the Romanov dynasty, Russia and Turkey have been working closely since a 2016 reconciliation...
Navy contracts Orbital ATK for additional AARGM missiles
Sep 27, 2017 (UPI)
The contract, worth $359 million, included an initial award of $157 million for Lot Six full-rate production of the missiles and an option for Lot Seven. "Today...
Irish Army conducts exercises with RBS 70 surface-to-air missiles
Sep 25, 2017 (UPI)
The exercises were recently conducted over a period of four days by soldiers and technicians from the Irish Army at Saab Bofors Test Center in Karlskoga, Sweden...
Iran tests new medium-range missile, defying US warnings
Sep 23, 2017 (AFP)
State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday. It a...
Raytheon receives $31.5M contract for TOW missiles
Sep 18, 2017 (UPI)
Work will be performed in Tucson and Farmington, Ariz., with the production run projected to end by Dec. 31, 2018, the Department of Defense announced on Friday...
Leonardo, Thales integrating missile-protection systems in Britain
Sep 13, 2017 (UPI)
The continued work is being commissioned by Britain's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and will lead to evaluation of the resultant system during trial...
Turkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systems
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The accord for the surface-to-air missile defence batteries is also Ankara's most significant deal with a non-NATO supplier. "Signatures have been made for the ...
Sales deals for TOW missiles, boats for Bahrain in works
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
The sales packages, two separate contracts, carry an estimated combined value of $87.25 million. The first proposed contract is for two 35-meter (about 114.8 fo...
Atlantic Diving Supply receives $17.6 million contract for rocket launchers
Sep 07, 2017 (UPI)
The work will be performed in Londonderry, N.H., and Lynchburg, Va., and it will run through Sept. 7, 2018. The rocket launcher is a man-portable device, design...
Lockheed completes intitial design of helicopter-mounted missile jammers
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
The AEOW AMP AN/ALQ-248 is designed to work independently or with shipboard systems like the SEWIP Block 2 AN/SLQ-32(V)6 to detect incoming anti-ship missiles a...
British Royal Navy test fires Sea Ceptor missile
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
The missile, capable of destroying an enemy missile that is traveling at supersonic speed, was fired off the coast of Scotland by HMS Argyll, a Type 23 frigate....
Trump, Moon agree to end limits on payload of S. Korean missiles
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
The two leaders in a phone call "agreed to lift the cap on missile payload of South Korea as an effective countermeasure" against Pyongyang's test on Sunday of ...
Iran tests home-grown air defence system: official
Sep 03, 2017 (AFP)
"In parallel with the deployment of the S-300, work on Bavar-373 system is underway," Farzad Esmaili told state broadcaster IRIB late Saturday. "The system is m...
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