US Navy Launches LRSAM From B-1B Lancer
The US Navy and Lockheed Martin conducted the first free flight launch of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a B-1B Lancer Aug. 16 over Point Mugu Sea Range in California
Raytheon Wins $32M US Navy Standard Missile-6 Spares Contract
Raytheon is being awarded a $32 million modification contract for procurement of long-lead material in support of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile-6 full-rate production requirements and spares for the US Navy. Work is expected to be completed by March 2020, US department of defense said in a statement on Wednesday
Lockheed Martin To Manufacture Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles For US Navy, Air...
Lockheed Martin has won an $86.5 million contract from the US Navy and Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production
Lockheed Martin To Provide 23 Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles For USAF
Lockheed Martin has won over $86 million to manufacture and provide 23 long range anti-ship missiles for the US Air Force. It can be launched from a US Air Force B-1B bomber
Japan To Equip F-2 Fighters With New Air-to-Ship Missiles
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force will equip its F-2 fighters fleet with a new air-to-ship missile that travels three times faster than the type 93, from next fiscal year. The government will allocate huge amount in a budgetary request for fiscal 2018 to mass produce the missile, which is currently under development
Indian, Israeli Companies Sign 12 Defense Agreements Worth $4.3 Billion
Indian and Israeli companies have signed agreements that include manufacturing of air defense systems, radars, anti-ship missiles, medium altitude long endurance UAVs in India under technology transfer. About 12 agreements worth $4
Rosoboronexport Set To Export S-400 Missile Defence System to India, China
Rosoboronexport is set to export its top anti-missile defence system, S-400 Triumf almost simultaneously to Asian rivals India and China. Russias arms exporting monopoly Rosoboronexport expects to sign a contract with India 'soon' on the delivery of S-400 air defense missile systems, its chief executive Alexander Mikheyev said at the Paris Air Show 2017 on Wednesday
Raytheon Receives US$652 Million Contract For Standard Missile-2 Used In AEGIS
Raytheon has received a $652-million contract to equip the US Navy and allied navies with the Standard Missile-2 used in the AEGIS missile defense system, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday. "Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $617,633,351 fixed-price-incentive firm, firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for procurement of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile-2 full-rate production requirements and spares for US and Allied Foreign Navies," the release said on Friday
North Korea Launches Four Anti-Ship Missiles
North Korea has fired four anti-ship missiles into the sea east of the Korean Peninsula, probably to demonstrate its "precise targeting capability". The projectiles, launched near the eastern port city of Wonsan, were believed to be surface-to-ship cruise missiles, South Korea's joint chiefs was quoted as saying by
After Boeing, Lockheed Martin Drops Out From US Navy Over-The-Horizon Missile Competition
Lockheed Martin has officially withdrawn its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from the competition to field an over-the-horizon (OTH) cruise missile for US Navys littoral combat ships (LCS) and frigates. Early this month, Boeing also announced its decision to withdraw from the competition citing continuous change in requirements
Russian Navy To Raise Strategic Nuclear Submarines Armed With Missiles To 13
Russian Navy is planning to raise the number of strategic nuclear submarines to 13, including seven 'Boreys' with 'Bulava' missiles. The current nine strategic submarines that the Navy has reinforce Russia's Strategic Missile Forces and allow for permanent patrol of the world's oceans, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a government hour session Wednesday
General Dynamics Awarded Aegis Combat System Illuminators Contract For S.Korea, Japan
The Pentagon has awarded General Dynamics with a Foreign Military Sales contract for the production of the critical components of Aegis missile fire-control system for the governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan. The contract worth $40 million is for the production of Missile Fire Control System MK 82 director and MK 200 director controller equipment, and associated engineering services, the US Department of Defense announced Tuesday
S Korea to Upgrade Peace Krypton Surveillance Aircraft
Northrop to Develop Bushmaster Chain Gun Airburst Cartridge for US Army
Japan Aegis Ashore Plan Not Scuttled
Leonardo Delivers First AW169 Training Helicopter to Italian Army
Russian Pantsir Air Defense System- Sitting duck or Top Dog?
Russian Pantsir air defense system (ADS) has been much maligned in the war zones of Syria and Libya as having...
Free Flow of Weapons Make Peace Difficult in Libya
An almost in-exhaustible flow of weapons to the two main fighting sides in the Libyan conflict has made peace a...
Land of the Blazing Guns: Japan’s Quest for Advanced Weapons
After laying to rest its pacifist post-World War II posture since the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to...
Mixing Business with Pressure: Chinese Arms Sales in South East Asia
China is pulling off the impossible- selling arms to nations it is in conflict with over its claim in the...
US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
Several joint production and direct procurement programs could be halted if the US and Europe carry through with their threat...
Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran has found ingenious ways to develop military hardware