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Raytheon Awarded $2.3 Billion for PATRIOT Missile System Engineering Support
January 31, 2018 @ 03:12 AMRaytheon has been awarded a $2,300,304,490 hybrid contract for engineering services to support Phased Array Tracking Radar Intercept on Target (PATRIOT) system of systems. The contractor will perform ongoing support of software, refresh for obsolescence to include support of systems outside the continental U
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Ukrainian Army Training To Adopt US Javelin Anti-tank Missile System
January 18, 2018 @ 10:21 AMThe Ukrainian army is preparing to adopt the US-built advanced anti-tank missile system, a senior Ukrainian military official said on Wednesday. "The preparations for the use and the operation of the U
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Israel Cancels Arrow-3 Interceptor Missile Test For Second Time
January 10, 2018 @ 02:02 PMIsrael has cancelled test of its Arrow 3 antimissile interceptor for the second time in just over a month, citing a communications malfunction. The similar trial of Israels advanced missile defence system was planned in December 2017, but was called off over safety concerns
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Lockheed Martin Wins $110 Million Gray Wolf Sub-sonic Cruise Missile Demonstration Contract
December 19, 2017 @ 01:58 AMLockheed Martin has been awarded $110 million contract for the gray wolf science and technology demonstration effort. The contract provides for the design, development, manufacture, and testing of prototype-affordable cruise missiles to advance networked collaborative operations technologies for defeat of enemy integrated air defense systems, US department of defense said in a statement Monday
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Raytheon Wins $302 Million Contract to Supply 618 JSOW Air-to-ground Missiles to
December 13, 2017 @ 03:33 AMRaytheon has won $302.4 million modification contract for the procurement of 618 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) air-to-ground missiles (AGM-154 Block III C) for Saudi Arabia under Foreign Military Sales program
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First 50 Missiles, Firing Posts from MMP Combat System Delivered to French
December 1, 2017 @ 09:49 AMFrances defence procurement agency, DGA, has accepted delivery of the first batch of 50 missiles and 20 firing posts from the new MMP land combat missile system manufactured by MBDA, last week. The new system will gradually replace the Milan, the HOT missiles mounted on VAB Armoured Fighting Vehicles and the ERYX for some of these missiles
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Eight S Korean Apache Choppers To Test Launch Hellfire Missiles In Live-fire...
November 13, 2017 @ 09:07 AMThe South Korean military will conduct its first live-firing exercise with US-built Hellfire air-surface missiles to be launched from Apache helicopters on Monday to beef up its air defense, the local media reports. Eight Apache AH-64E attack helicopters belonging to the South Korean Army's Aviation Operations Command will be mobilized to fire one Hellfire missile each at a shooting range in the waters off the western coastal city of Gunsan later in the morning, Yonhap reports quoting a statement made by the Army
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Test-Firing of Brahmos Cruise Missile from Sukhoi-30MKI in Late November
November 12, 2017 @ 12:20 PMFinal preparations for test firing of the Brahmos Cruise Missile from the belly of a Sukhoi-30MKI aircraft are being made for possible launch in late November. "Some 20-30 hours of flying with the 2
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MBDA To Present 'SmartGlider' Guided Weapon System At Dubai Airshow 2017
November 11, 2017 @ 01:39 PMMBDA will present SmartGlider, a new family of air launched guided weapons, at Dubai Airshow starting tomorrow, for the first time outside Europe. “We are seeing a huge interest in the SmartGlider family from the region”, states Florent Duleux, MBDA Vice-President Middle East
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Turkey Signs Letter Of Intent With France, Italy For New Missile Defense...
November 10, 2017 @ 09:30 AMTurkey on Wednesday signed a letter of intent with France and Italy aiming to strengthen cooperation on joint defense projects, which includes development of a new missile defense system. Addressing a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Thursday, Turkeys defense minister Nurettin Canikli was quoted as saying by Andolu Agency that the projects covered under the letter could help cooperating countries develop “top" systems for defending against lone missiles -- such as a SAMP-T-based system -- as well as address Turkeys current gaps in missile defense
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South Korea Live-fires Cheongung Anti-Aircraft Missiles
November 3, 2017 @ 02:16 PMSouth Korea conducted trials of two Cheongung anti-aircraft guided missiles and hit a mock target in its first live-fire mission since the homegrown missile was deployed. The Cheongung medium-range surface-to-air missile (KM-SAM) was among the weapons systems mobilized for a firing contest hosted by the Air Defense Artillery Command
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Raytheon to Transition Standard Missile-3 Block IIA Program into Production
October 31, 2017 @ 06:02 AMRaytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $59.7 million contract modification to previously awarded contract to allow RMS to provide engineering services, analysis, and material necessary to transition the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program into production
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Rheinmetall Wins €120M To Modernize Air Defense Systems
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USMC To Get Saab Ground, Air defence Radar
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Russian Arctic to be Shielded by S-400s by Year-end
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US Navy's New Gerald R. Ford Class Carried Christened USS John F....
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Germany To Finalise Order for 38 Eurofighter Jets, 110 E-Scan Radars
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Turkish Navy to get First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier in 2020
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Bechtel Bags US Navy's $1.4Bn Naval Nuclear Propulsion Components Contract
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Indian Air Force to Buy 83 Tejas Jets by March 2020
November 11, 2019
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
Artificial Intelligence to Drive Future Weapons Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating the defence industry to aid and improve human decision-making
Are Days Numbered for Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet?
Upgrade of Russias Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters to equip them with armaments, radar, sensors and engines from the more powerful Su-35...
US Companies Threatened With Sanctions May be Denied Chinese Rare Earth Materials
US companies sanctioned by China for supplying weapons to Taiwan may be denied rare earth elements (REEs), which have critical...
Russian Su-57 Preparing to Compete with F-35 for Stealth Jet Market Share
While the US F-35 stealth aircraft has become one the fastest selling fighter jets in the world aircraft market, thanks...