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Cassidian produces anti-missile system for civil aircraft
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
Cassidian of Germany has developed a system to protect civil aircraft from attack by missiles, particularly shoulder-fired missiles. The system is a modified ve...
South Korea to buy European cruise missiles
Jun 20, 2013 (UPI)
South Korea will buy Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missiles for its Lockheed/Boeing F-15K Strike Eagle fighters, the first strategic weapon purchase not from an Americ...
Britain eyes Brimstone 2 missiles for Typhoon fighters
Jun 20, 2013 (UPI)
Integration of Brimstone 2 air-to-ground missiles with Typhoon fighters is being studied by BAE Systems under a contract from Britain's Ministry of Defense. Wor...
S.Korea to buy European missiles
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
South Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency...
MBDA throws spotlight on MMP missile system
Jun 18, 2013 (UPI)
European missile-maker MBDA has spotlighted its new configurations of the fifth-generation MMP land combat system. The first new configuration of the MMP, or Mi...
Raytheon, US Navy deliver 5,000th AIM-9X Sidewinder missile
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile program has marked a milestone of delivering 5,000 missiles to the U.S. government and nine international partners...
Thales UK producing missile launching system for helos
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
Britain's Ministry of Defense has contracted Thales UK to demonstrate and manufacture the Future Anti Surface Guided Weapon (Light) system for helicopters. The ...
Companies join forces for new weapon system variant
Jun 16, 2013 (UPI)
Development and production agreements have been entered into by Raytheon and Thales of France for a new variant of the TOW weapon system. TOW, or tube-launched,...
Raytheon remanufacturing upgrading Phalanx weapon system
Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)
Raytheon reports it has received a U.S. Navy contract to remanufacture, overhaul and provide upgrades to Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems. The contract is worth ...
PAC-3 MSE Missile Flight Tested At White Sands
Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed two different threat representative targets du...
Brazilian Army inducts new variant of rocket artillery
Jun 10, 2013 (UPI)
The Brazilian Army reports it has inducted into service the first batch of ASTROS 2020 multiple rocket launcher vehicles manufactured by Avibras. The ASTROS 202...
Taiwan deploys new powerful rocket system: report
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan has deployed a powerful multiple-launch rocket system on an offshore island to guard against any amphibious landing by China, local media reported Wednes...
Lockheed Martin Completes Anti Ship Missile Tests
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has completed MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) "push-through" testing of a simulated Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). Four consecutive te...
Raytheon, US Navy complete first phase of RAM Block 2 developmental testing
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy completed the first series of developmental and operational testing (DT/OT) of Raytheon's Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2. In at-sea tests conduc...
Putin holds back on Syria missile delivery
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow has held back on delivering sophisticated S-300 missiles to the Syrian regime, while UN investigators ...
No Russian S-300s to Syria before 2014: Israel's Yaalon
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
Russia cannot deliver advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian regime before 2014, Israel's defence minister asserted on Monday. "We are following th...
US slams Russia over Syria arms deal
Jun 01, 2013 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry has strongly condemned Russia's pledge to sell an advanced missile system to Damascus, questioning Moscow's commitment to end t...
British helicopters getting new missile warning system
May 29, 2013 (UPI)
BAE System's third-generation Common Missile Warning Systems are being procured by Britain's Ministry of Defense for use on its helicopters. The contract is the...
Australian military gives JASSM final operational capability status
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin's AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-Off Missile has attained final operational capability with the Australian military. The missile, which gai...
Russia to send Syria missiles as spillover fears grow
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
Russia insisted Tuesday it would deliver anti-aircraft missiles to Syria despite international criticism, as fears of spillover from the conflict grew after thr...
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