MISSILE DEFENSE

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US Air Force completes successful shoot down of air-launched missiles
May 05, 2019 (SPX)
The SHiELD program is developing a directed energy laser system on an aircraft pod that will serve to demonstrate self-defense of aircraft against surface-to-ai...
Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US 'threats'
May 05, 2019 (AFP)
Washington has warned its NATO ally for months that Ankara's adoption of Russian S-400 missile technology alongside US F-35 fighters would pose a threat to the ...
Lockheed Martin's AEHF-4 on-orbit tests successful
Apr 30, 2019 (SPX)
The AEHF-4 on-orbit test (A4 OOT) successfully activated the payload, built by its major subcontractor, Northrop Grumman, and demonstrated that AEHF-4 met all o...
Lockheed awarded $9.1M for AEGIS work in Romania, Poland
Apr 29, 2019 (UPI)
Work on the system includes technical data package and test package/procedure development; technical documentation; feasibility studies; configuration managemen...
Lockheed awarded $13.9M for work on AEGIS Speed to Capability cycles
Apr 29, 2019 (UPI)
The AEGIS speed to capability development contract includes systems engineering, modeling and simulation, and design cycles. The contract also includes completi...
Navy executes successful test of AEGIS Virtual Twin software in missile test
Apr 24, 2019 (UPI)
Crew aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, partnered with the Navy's Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems, fired a standard...
NATO to use THAAD in Romania this summer
Apr 11, 2019 (UPI)
The land-based THAAD system, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, will be used by NATO for its Ballistic Missile Defense systems while the inte...
State Dept. approves $1.1B sale of SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles to Japan
Apr 10, 2019 (UPI)
The sale, announced Tuesday, includes up to 56 SM-3 Block IB interceptor missiles, with missile canisters, technical assistance and support at an estimated cost...
Erdogan says Russian S-400s delivery could be earlier
Apr 10, 2019 (AFP)
Ankara's purchase of the S-400s risks US sanctions and has further strained already tense relations with Washington. US officials are concerned over the incompa...
Lockheed awarded $2.5B to start work on THAAD systems for Saudis
Apr 02, 2019 (UPI)
Lockheed will provide interceptors and associated one-shot devices, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced Monday. With the new contract modification, the va...
Lockheed awarded $1.1B for rocket sales to Poland, Bahrain, Romania
Mar 28, 2019 (UPI)
The foreign military sales contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers full rate production for the GMLRS surface-to-surface systems for ...
US successfully tests anti-ICBM system: statement
Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)
To protect against the threat from ICBMs, the US has developed the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, which is designed to fire an interceptor missile...
U.S. missile defense system intercepts ICBM target in test
Mar 26, 2019 (UPI)
The interceptor missiles, which were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, shot down a test ballistic missile launched from 4,000 miles away on...
Boeing awarded $4.1B for missile defense system development
Mar 25, 2019 (UPI)
The new deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, combines with a $6.56 billion award Boeing awarded in January 2018 for upgrades to the GMD system, ...
Russia to respond to planned US tests of SM-3 Block II Interceptor Missile
Mar 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
"These plans cannot but cause concern as the threat becomes a reality," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry went on to note that Russia will have to ...
Russia's Sarmat ICBM Can 'Rip Any Missile Defence System to Shreds'
Mar 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
Roscosmos chief Dmitri Rogozin has boasted about the Sarmat's capabilities in an interview with Russian television. "This is a heavy ballistic missile that's ca...
U.S., Israel announce successful test of 'David's Sling'
Mar 20, 2019 (UPI)
The test series completed Tuesday in southern Israel was the sixth series of David's Sling tests, and the Missile Defense Agency, a division of the U.S. Defense...
Northrop Grumman awarded $713M for missile defense system for Poland
Mar 15, 2019 (UPI)
The contract is for the first phase of Poland's Wisla Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, Northrop Gumman said in news releases Wednesday....
Pentagon Requests $13.6Bln for Missile Defence in Fiscal Year 2020
Mar 13, 2019 (Sputnik)
"The FY 2020 Budget funds the sustainment of the surge in missile defense investment we undertook in FY 2018 and FY 2019, while also investing in Missile Defens...
Russia stations anti-missile system near Saint Petersburg
Mar 12, 2019 (AFP)
"The most modern air defence systems S-400 were put on standby alert in the Leningrad region to protect military, administrative and civilian sites," the defenc...
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