MISSILE DEFENSE

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Lockheed Martin PAC-3 MSE Achieves Test Success
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
This test verified missile software and hardware component upgrades that enable future performance of the PAC-3 MSE interceptor to keep pace against expanding t...
NGC and US Army team up for combined missile defense test
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
Miranda is a military training manager for Northrop Grumman's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). After tag-ups every mornin...
Japan confirms scrapping US missile defence system
Jun 25, 2020 (AFP)
Interceptors for the Aegis Ashore system were to be placed in two regions under the costly and controversial programme. But the government reversed course under...
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers 600th boost motor and divert and attitude control system for THAAD
Jun 24, 2020 (SPX)
"I am proud of our team's vital role on this important program," said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. "Over the past two years they have suc...
First modernized LM 2100 SBIRS missile warning satellite completes thermal vacuum testing
Jun 23, 2020 (SPX)
On June 9, the U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) successfully completed Thermal Vacuum (TV...
Japan suspends land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense deployment
Jun 15, 2020 (UPI)
"In view of the cost and time [required] for the deployment, we will halt the process," Defense Minister Taro Kono told reporters. "When considering the costs a...
US Senate Panel Approves More Funds for Missile Defence in 2021 NDAA Act
Jun 12, 2020 (Sputnik)
The Armed Services Committee on Thursday voted 25-2 to advance the fiscal year 2021 NDAA to the Senate floor. "The amended measure provides additional funding f...
Turkey to buy additional S-400 missile defense system from Russia
Jun 10, 2020 (UPI)
"We have a basic agreement on the supply of the second batch of the Russian S-400 system, and there are some technical issues regarding transport operations," I...
Israel says 'successfully' tested ballistic missiles
Jun 02, 2020 (AFP)
The state-run Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said the "complex trial... was held in the open sea" and involved two Long-Range Artillery Weapon Systems (LORA)...
Advanced Air and Missile Defense, in the hands of soldiers
May 28, 2020 (SPX)
These sophisticated targets precisely mimic real cruise missile threats and can take advantage of this terrain to hide from the radars and sensors commanders ha...
US approves sale of 84 Patriot missiles to Kuwait
May 28, 2020 (AFP)
The State Department said in a statement that sale benefits both parties. "The proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United...
Boeing awarded $128.5M modification to GMD missile upgrade contract
May 08, 2020 (UPI)
The deal modifies a contract awarded in 2018 for upgrades to the GMD, which is the United States' ballistic missile defense system. The modification increases t...
US pulling Patriot missile batteries from Saudi
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Two of the anti-missile batteries deployed following the September attacks on Saudi oil installations "are now leaving," the official said on condition of anony...
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles and Defense Partner on Next Generation Interceptor
May 05, 2020 (SPX)
This strategic partnership will offer the MDA an interceptor solution that will support the warfighter and MDA's efforts to rapidly deploy a system that complem...
US Army awards $6B contract to Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 MSE production
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
The contract calls for the production and delivery of PAC-3 MSE interceptors, launcher modification kits, associated equipment and non-recurring efforts to supp...
SBIRS GEO-5 space vehicle enters critical thermal vacuum testing
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
SBIRS GEO-5 is a high-priority U.S. Space Force program that provides worldwide missile warning capability for the U.S. military. SMC's Production Corps and its...
Syria air defence intercepts 'Israeli' missiles: state media
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
It did not give details of the positions targeted shortly before dawn but said the military "shot down a number of missiles before they reached their targets". ...
Russia positions S-500 as game changer for missile defense
Apr 14, 2020 (Sputnik)
The S-500 is not just a conventional air and missile defence system, but an anti-space weapon whose introduction will fundamentally change Russia's air defence ...
Iran warns US after Patriot deployment to Iraq
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
Washington had been in talks with Baghdad about the proposed deployment since January but it was not immediately clear whether it had secured its approval or no...
US deploys Patriot air defence system to Iraq
Mar 30, 2020 (AFP)
Washington and Baghdad had been negotiating the placement of the defence system since January, when Tehran fired ballistic missiles at the western Iraqi base of...
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