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PAC-3 flight test paves the way for new Patriot software release
Mar 29, 2023 (SPX)
"Software updates like this improve performance against evolving threats and are critical to ensuring PAC-3 MSE keeps our customers ahead of our adversaries," s...
Russia to modernise Moscow's air defence systems
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
Several air defence systems have appeared on rooftops around Moscow this year. "This year we will complete the modernisation of the anti-missile defence systems...
Reagan's 'Star Wars' at 40: Battle of the satellites
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
Largely because it far outpaced technology at the time, very little became of Reagan's March 23, 1983 declaration that the United States would head to space to ...
North Korea warns US against intercepting missiles during tests
Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)
The United States and South Korea have ramped up defence cooperation, including joint drills, in the face of growing threats from nuclear-armed Pyongyang, which...
Germany to give Slovakia Mantis air defence systems
Feb 09, 2023 (AFP)
"Slovakia will receive the systems free of charge and permanently," the ministry spokeswoman Martina Kakascikova told AFP. "The training of Slovak soldiers to u...
Advanced manufacturing powering development of Next Generation Interceptor
Feb 08, 2023 (SPX)
"Production and manufacturing play a central role in our program to ensure we are meeting the timelines required to outpace threats and keep our country safe," ...
Kremlin keeps mum on missile systems seen on Moscow rooftops
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
The pictures appeared to show a Pantsir anti-aircraft system installed on the defence ministry building along the Moskva River, which was visible Friday on the ...
Netherlands set to boost push for Patriot missile defenses in Ukraine
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
Rutte told President Joe Biden at a White House meeting that "we have the intention to join what you're doing with Germany on the Patriots project, the air-defe...
Ukraine forces to receive Patriot air defense training in US: Pentagon
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
Washington promised a Patriot battery to Ukraine at the end of last year to help counter relentless aerial attacks by Moscow -- a significant victory for Kyiv, ...
France sends air defence missiles to Ukraine: Macron
Dec 20, 2022 (AFP)
"In recent days, France has sent Ukraine more arms, rocket launchers, Crotale (air defence batteries), equipment beyond what we had already done," Macron told F...
Patriot missiles: crucial but limited help for Ukraine
Dec 15, 2022 (AFP)
Patriots are "far from a silver bullet," against the low-flying cruise missiles and drone bombs that Russian forces have pummeled Ukraine with, according to Ian...
US plans to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine: media
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
As Russia has ramped up missile strikes on key Ukrainian infrastructure, the administration of President Joe Biden could announce the deployment as early as thi...
Northrop Grumman performs full-scale propellant mix for next-generation interceptor motor
Dec 08, 2022 (SPX)
The successful operation was completed using the company's remote automated solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities in Bacchus, Utah. The unique, automated,...
Poland to receive Patriot missiles from Germany
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
"After talking to the German defence minister, it is with disappointment that I have accepted the decision to refuse support for Ukraine," Blaszczak said on Twi...
NATO chief says up to Germany if it gives Ukraine Patriot missiles
Nov 25, 2022 (AFP)
Germany has offered to deploy the advanced US-made Patriot system to Poland after a deadly blast believed to be from a stray Ukrainian air defence missile hit a...
Japan missile defense flight test successful
Nov 24, 2022 (SPX)
The event, designated Japan Flight Test Mission-07 (JFTM-07) was held in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. The first live fire event demonstrated a successful eng...
Millennium Space Systems completes Missile Track Custody, Mission Payload Critical Design Review
Nov 24, 2022 (SPX)
"This initial CDR process marks 18 months of hard design work that is necessary to build the next generation of affordable OPIR sensors that can detect and main...
Northrop Grumman's IBCS uses new Weapons Data Link to Engage Patriot Missile during dlight test
Nov 24, 2022 (SPX)
The first live target engagement involved a Sentinel radar tracking a cruise missile target across the desert. IBCS then engaged the target using Lockheed Marti...
Poland asks Germany to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
Nov 24, 2022 (AFP)
The offer follows a deadly missile blast in a Polish village last week that Warsaw believes may have been a stray Ukrainian air defence missile launched against...
Ukraine hails arrival of Western air defence systems
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
"NASAMS and Aspide air defence systems arrived in Ukraine! These weapons will significantly strengthen the Ukrainian army and will make our skies safer," Defenc...
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