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Navy authorizes SM-6 missile for more ships
Jan 15, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has authorized the use of long-range multi-role SM-6 missiles by more ships in the fleet equipped with the Aegis Combat Weapons System. Raytheon, ...
Hezbollah chief threatens Israel over Syria strikes
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened in an interview Thursday to retaliate against Israel for repeated strikes on Syria and said he has missiles that can...
New Navy missile ready for operational testing
Jan 13, 2015 (UPI)
The final developmental free flight test of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 has been conducted in California by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Naval Air Systems C...
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces to Conduct Over 100 Drills in 2015
Jan 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) of Russia are planning to conduct over 100 drills at various levels in 2015, SMF spokesperson Col. Igor Yegorov said Sunday. ...
Marotta To Develop Power Units For Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile
Jan 11, 2015 (SPX)
Marotta Controls announces that it has been selected by Lockheed Martin to develop multiple power conversion units for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM),...
Russia's Northern Fleet Receives S-400 Air Defense Systems
Jan 11, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's Northern Fleet has increased its air defense capability with the addition of S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems, the Fleet's spokesperson Vadim ...
Lockheed Martin upgrading Army tactical missiles
Jan 07, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Army's Tactical Missile System is to be upgraded by Lockheed Martin to eliminate the risk of unexploded sub-munitions following destruction of a target...
French tactical air defense system set for upgrade
Dec 23, 2014 (UPI)
The main tactical component of the French military's SCCOA2 air command-and-control system is being upgraded by ThalesRaytheonSystems. The contract, issued by D...
Taiwan launches its largest ever missile ship
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan on Tuesday launched its largest ever missile ship Tuesday as the island strives to modernise its armed forces in response to a perceived threat from Chin...
Poland orders more Norwegian missiles
Dec 19, 2014 (UPI)
Poland is getting a second coastal defense missile squadron equipped with truck-mounted naval strike missiles from Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace. The Norwegian ...
JASSM-ER cruise missile enters full-rate production
Dec 16, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force has given the go-ahead for full-rate production of Lockheed Martin's extended range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. JASSM-ER is an air...
Japan asks U.S. for AMRAAM sales deal
Dec 15, 2014 (UPI)
Japan has asked the United States for medium-range air-to-air missiles and associated equipment through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, The Defense Sec...
Lockheed Martin producing more missile launch systems for Navy
Dec 15, 2014 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin is to continue producing its MK 41 vertical launch systems for missiles fired from U.S. Navy warships. The contract from the Navy is worth $235 ...
French military orders Ground Master air defense radar systems
Dec 12, 2014 (UPI)
The French military has ordered more than a dozen air defense radars from ThalesRaytheonSystems for coupling with NATO's Air Command and Control System. The con...
40,000th Javelin ant-armor missile produced
Dec 08, 2014 (UPI)
A joint venture company of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin is touting the delivery of its 40,000th Javelin shoulder-fired anti-armor missile system to the U.S. Arm...
Taiwan develops new missiles to counter China's threat
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan arms developers said Tuesday that new surface-to-air missiles would defend its airspace for "up to 20 years" as it aims to update weaponry to counter a p...
RAF launches Paveway guided bombs from Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35
Dec 01, 2014 (UPI)
The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force has completed the first in-flight test launches of the Raytheon Paveway IV precision-guided bomb from a Eurofighter Typhoon...
The fear and the chaos of a missile attack in east Ukraine
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
There was a blinding flash, then complete darkness and thick clouds of dust. A missile had just hit Ivan Balabanov's house in rebel-held east Ukraine. Stunned, ...
Brazil, Russia in talks on air defense system
Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)
Brazilian and Russian military officials have been talking medium-range air defense systems. The Brazilian Ministry of Defense reports the talks took place in B...
Elbit's anti-missile system to feature on German A400M transports
Nov 21, 2014 (UPI)
Airbus A400M airlifters of the German Air Force are to be equipped with Elbit Systems' J-MUSIC Multi-Spectral Directed Infrared Counter Measure systems. J-MUSIC...
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