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Saab to deliver major upgrade for Swedish anti-ship missile system

Mar 31, 2017 (UPI)

Saab has been contracted by the Swedish Defense Material Administration to develop and produce a new generation anti-ship missile system, the company announced ...

China aims advanced DF-16 missiles at Taiwan: minister

Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)

China is aiming advanced medium-range ballistic missiles at Taiwan as part of a growing military threat towards the island, Taipei's defence minister said Monda...

State Dept. approves possible sale of Hellfire missiles to Britain

Mar 17, 2017 (UPI)

Britain's possible procurement of Hellfire missiles through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program has been approved by the State Department. The decision was ...

Pakistan test fires land-based anti-ship missile

Mar 16, 2017 (UPI)

Pakistan's navy completed a successful test firing of a land-based anti-ship missile, the branch announced in a statement on Thursday. The country's defense off...

Russia's Baltic Fleet trains with S-400 air defense systems

Mar 16, 2017 (UPI)

Russian military personnel from the country's Baltic Fleet recently completed a training exercise involving an S-400 air defense missile system. During the even...

Orbital ATK supplying rocket-launched flares for U.S. military

Mar 15, 2017 (UPI)

Orbital ATK is to produce more than 23,000 visible and infrared spectra rocket-launched flares for use by the U.S. military. The order for the M257 and M278 fla...

India test fires BrahMos Extended Range missile

Mar 14, 2017 (UPI)

Indian defense researchers completed a test launch with the BrahMos Extended Range Missile in a move industry partners praised as a milestone for the program. T...

Iran successfully tests naval missile: reports

Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)

Iran has successfully test-fired a naval missile which hit its target 250 kilometres away, local news agencies reported Thursday. "We have this week tested the ...

Russia denies US claims it has violated arms treaty

Mar 09, 2017 (AFP)

The Kremlin on Thursday denied an accusation by a top US general that Russia violated an arms control treaty with Washington by deploying a land-based cruise mi...

Russia deployed cruise missile in violation of treaty: US general

Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)

Moscow has deployed a land-based cruise missile system that contravenes a 1987 US-Russia arms control treaty and poses a risk to the West, a top US general said...

U.S. Navy test fires surface to surface missile module

Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy recently completed a surface to surface missile module test firing exercise from the littoral combat ship USS Detroit. The exercise marked the mod...

Lockheed Martin completes flight tests with updated JASSM

Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin performed several flight tests with an updated version of the company's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, the company announced W...

Brazilian army buys more SAAB missile defense systems

Mar 07, 2017 (UPI)

The Brazilian army is procuring additional RBS 70 surface-to-air missile systems from Saab Defense of Sweden, according to the company. The order for the RBS 70...

Iran's S-300 air defence system operational

Mar 04, 2017 (AFP)

Iran's advanced S-300 air defence system, delivered by Russia following a July 2015 nuclear deal after years of delay, is now operational, state television repo...

ATK unit contracted for U.S. AIM-9P Sidewinder missile motors

Mar 03, 2017 (UPI)

ATK Tactical Propulsion and Control received a $67 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce SR-116 motors for the AIM-9P Sidewinder missile. The cont...

U.S. Army exercises option for more Hellfire II missiles

Mar 01, 2017 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin received a $427 million contract modification to continue Hellfire II missile production for the U.S. Army. The Hellfire II missile is a follow-...

Iran tests missiles in naval exercises

Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)

Iran's navy has test-fired the latest versions of the Nasr and Dehlaviyeh missiles during military exercises in the Gulf, local media reported on Monday. "The l...

U.K., France to upgrade long-range Storm Shadow missiles

Feb 23, 2017 (UPI)

Defense ministers from Britain and France inked a $183 million deal with MBDA Missile Systems to upgrade existing air-launched, long-range missiles. Under the c...

Russia's Next Gen S-500 Prototype Launch Date Announced

Feb 22, 2017 (Sputnik)

The test unit of Russia's next-generation S-500 air defense system will be ready by 2020, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov told Sputnik. The S-500 Prometey,...

Turkey finalizing S-400 missile deal with Russia

Feb 22, 2017 (UPI)

Defense leaders in Turkey are finalizing an agreement with the Kremlin to procure Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems. The two countries have been in neg...