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Lockheed Martin poised to deliver on national priority for Homeland Defense
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin is offering an interceptor designed from the ground up as an all-up-round to address all elements of environmental survivability from day one. O...
U.S. approves sale of missile defense system to Romania
Oct 16, 2020 (UPI)
The State Department approved the sale of two Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense Systems and related equipment. The system includes missiles suited for land a...
Turkey plans live-fire exercise, missile defense tests
Oct 09, 2020 (UPI)
Turkey, whose military buildup and claims of sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea have angered Greece, announced it will stage exercises in the Aegean Sea from ...
US Space Force contracts for 8 missile early warning satellites
Oct 08, 2020 (Sputnik)
On Monday, the SDA awarded information technology firm L3Harris Technologies a $193.6 million contract and private space company Space Exploration Technologies ...
US Army wants electronic jammer weapon with missile defense capabilities
Oct 01, 2020 (Sputnik)
At the Army's CEMAlite conference on Tuesday, three Army colonels discussed a new electronic warfare system they hope to employ in the coming years to disrupt e...
Lockheed Martin selected to integrate missile warning onto EGS via FORGE
Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)
FORGE and EGS are programs within the Cross-Mission Ground and Communications Enterprise directorate at Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). The directorate ...
Japan's Abe urges stronger defences to face missiles
Sep 11, 2020 (AFP)
Abe made the call despite being in the final days of his tenure, after deciding to resign for health reasons -- a sign, analysts said, of the importance he atta...
Lockheed nets $18.8M to support Japan's Aegis Ashore system
Aug 26, 2020 (UPI)
The modification of the contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency was announced on Tuesday and increases its value from $3.27 billion to $3.29 billion. Lock...
Advanced Patriot missile fails in live-fire test
Aug 26, 2020 (UPI)
A hit-to-kill Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guided Enhanced Missile was used against a cruise missile target last week in alive-fire exercise at the Army's Whit...
Russia testing news S-500 Systems, mass production on the way
Aug 25, 2020 (Sputnik)
Russia has begun tests of its advanced S-500 surface-to-air missile systems, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Borisov told journalists at the Army-2020 forum...
US Japan to build network of missile-intercepting satellites
Aug 24, 2020 (UPI)
The purpose of the satellites would be to complement the currently existing system of missile defense, which includes Japan's PAC-3 missile interceptors, the Ni...
IBCS engages advanced tactical ballistic missile and cruise missile during rigorous test
Aug 24, 2020 (SPX)
The target missiles were part of the second of two live-fire tests during the Army's IBCS Limited User Test (LUT) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and ...
MBDA and Lockheed Martin submit proposal for Germany's Integrated Air And Missile Defense System
Aug 16, 2020 (SPX)
"More than 80 subcontractors will support the TLVS program. At peak performance, more than 6,000 highly qualified employees will benefit from the implementation...
IBCS intercepts multiple targets, demonstrates resiliency and survivability in contested environment
Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)
"We are extremely pleased with how IBCS performed during this flight test," said Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager, combat systems and mission re...
Israel, U.S. test Arrow 2 missile interceptor system
Aug 13, 2020 (UPI)
The Arrow 2 system, which is designed to intercept long-range missiles, is part of the Arrow Weapon System. During the test it successfully intercepted a Sparro...
Boeing submits proposal for Next Generation Interceptor missile
Aug 12, 2020 (UPI)
The offer follows a Pentagon request for proposals in April to construct what will form the core of the U.S. homeland missile defense. Two bidders will be selec...
Hungary purchases $1 billion U.S.-made defense missile system
Aug 12, 2020 (UPI)
U.S. Ambassador David Cornstein and Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benko signed declarations of intent on Wednesday. The Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Miss...
South Korea to invest $250B in missile defense, submarines
Aug 12, 2020 (UPI)
According to South Korea's five-year defense program for 2021-25, Seoul is to develop a missile interceptor similar to Israel's Iron Dome, Yonhap and Money Toda...
Japan will reorient missile defense posture as Aegis Ashore is suspended
Jul 02, 2020 (SPX)
Vera Lin, Associate Aerospace, Defense and Security Analyst at GlobalData, comments: "Pre-emptive strike capabilities is a constitutional option as it is interp...
Raytheon Missiles and Defense awarded $2.3B production contract for missile defense radars
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
The contract is part of a foreign military sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "These highly capable X-band radars are the sharpest eyes in the global missile ...
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