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US approves $3.5 billion Patriot missile sale to Turkey
Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came as President Donald Trump said that US forces would withdraw from neighboring Syria, a decision likely to please Turkey as it pursues Kurd...
Aegis Combat System demonstrates success during on-land test against Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
During the test, the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built Aegis Weapon System engaged and intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target with an...
Pentagon conducts latest successful test of US-Japan interceptor
Dec 11, 2018 (AFP)
The launch marks the second successful test in less than two months for the SM-3 Block IIA missile and its associated technologies, which had previously experie...
Navy to purchase new containers for air defense missiles
Dec 10, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, includes manufacturing and testing of Mk 21 mod 2 and Mk 21 mod 3 canisters. The canisters ...
Navy to commission new Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Thomas Hudner
Nov 28, 2018 (UPI)
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the ceremonies principal address with Hudner's widow and the wife of retired Vice Adm. Michael Miller as sponsors,...
Raytheon to supply Romania with Patriot missile defense systems
Nov 02, 2018 (UPI)
Romania will use the new Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems -- the country's second order of the systems in the last two years -- to deter any any threats ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion critical to successful intercept test for SM-3 Block IIA Missile
Oct 30, 2018 (SPX)
During the FTM-45 flight test, conducted by the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency, the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor was launched from USS JOHN FINN (DDG-113). ...
Aegis Combat System Demonstrates Success During At-Sea Test Against Medium Range Ballistic Missile
Oct 29, 2018 (SPX)
The test, called Flight Test Standard Missile-45, demonstrated the integrated capabilities of the Aegis Weapon System and how it has continually evolved to coun...
Raytheon's SM-3 IIA successful in ballistic missle defense test
Oct 29, 2018 (UPI)
Crew members on the USS John Finn on Friday launched the SM-3 Block IIA missile to successfully destroy a a land-launched target that resembled a ballistics mis...
Pentagon succesfully tests US-Japan missile interceptor
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Sailors aboard the USS John Finn successfully detected, tracked and targeted the rocket with an SM-3 Block IIA missile during a test off the west coast of Hawai...
Northrop Grumman to upgrade IBNS systems for Burke-class vessels
Oct 25, 2018 (UPI)
The $18 million firm-fixed-price contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, calls on Northrop to produce base hardware for IBNS systems for bot...
Israel wins $777 mn Indian missile defence order
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
The deal with India's state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited to supply the marine version of the Barak 8 air and missile defence system for seven more warships ...
Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th THAAD Interceptor
Oct 12, 2018 (SPX)
"The Missile Defense Agency, industry and Lockheed Martin team of men and women who engineer and produce the THAAD interceptor have remained steadfast in their ...
Lockheed Martin selects payload providers for OPIR missile warning system
Oct 09, 2018 (SPX)
This payload competition between Raytheon and Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace will be executed as part of the Phase 1 contract for the Air Force's Next Gen OPIR...
Raytheon receives contract for new AEGIS radars
Oct 02, 2018 (UPI)
The AMDR is being developed for air defense requirements of several classes of ships. The suite includes a S-Band and X-band radar and a Radar Suite Controller....
Raytheon receives $1.5B contract for Patriot systems for Poland
Sep 26, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Pentagon, will be performed in Andover, Mass., White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and Merrimack, N.H., with an esti...
Pentagon to pull some Patriots from Middle East: US official
Sep 26, 2018 (AFP)
The move comes as the United States switches its focus towards countering Russia and China in an era of "great power competition." Speaking on condition of anon...
Lockheed Martin to upgrade AEGIS Combat System for U.S. warships
Sep 25, 2018 (UPI)
The modification includes the AEGIS Combat System Engineering Agent program for design, development, integration, test and delivery of the upgrades. Work will b...
SBIRS GEO-3 achieves operational acceptance
Sep 20, 2018 (SPX)
SBIRS GEO-3 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 booster on January 19, 2018. Upon separation from the boo...
Successful Aegis Combat System Test Brings BMD to Japanese Fleet
Sep 18, 2018 (SPX)
The Japanese Flight Test Mission-05 exercise on Sept. 11 successfully demonstrated organic engagement of a simple separating target. The JS ATAGO is now the mos...
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