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Lockheed Martin receives Patriot missile contract for Qatar
May 16, 2017 (UPI)
The variants being worked on include the Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, and and Missile Enhancement Aft Block I redesign. The work will be conducted i...
Lockheed Martin contract for AEGIS system development
May 16, 2017 (UPI)
The contract provides procurement, engineering, testing, and design and software services. The work will primarily be carried out in Moorestown, N.J., and Clear...
State Dept. approves UAE for possible PAC-3 missile buy
May 12, 2017 (UPI)
The proposed sale, approved by the U.S. State Department, is worth an estimated $2 billion. "The proposed sale will enhance the UAE's capability to meet current...
US approves sale of $2 billion in missiles to UAE: Pentagon
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
The UAE government has requested the possible sale of 60 Patriot missiles with canisters and 100 Patriot guidance enhanced missiles, among other military equipm...
Russia's RS-28 Sarmat ICBM: Hypersonic Disaster for US Missile Defense Shield
May 08, 2017 (Sputnik)
Russia is 10-15 years ahead of the US with its cutting-edge heavy liquid-propelled RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Alexei Leonkov, a mil...
THAAD missile defense system now operational in S. Korea
May 02, 2017 (AFP)
Washington and Seoul agreed to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery deployment in July in the wake of a string of North Korean missile tests....
China demands halt to US missile shield in S.Korea
May 02, 2017 (AFP)
Washington and Seoul agreed to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery deployment in July in the wake of a string of North Korean missile tests....
Seoul rejects Trump demand it pays for missile system
Apr 28, 2017 (AFP)
The first parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system have already been delivered to a former golf course in the South -- infuriating China ...
Syria to buy latest Russian anti-missile system: Assad
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
"It's natural that we should have such systems," he said, quoted by Syria's official SANA agency on Thursday, the same day as Damascus accused Israel of firing ...
Israeli missile shoots down 'target' over Golan: army
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
"The Patriot Aerial Defence System intercepted a target above the Golan Heights," the official Israeli army Twitter account said, without elaborating. A militar...
US missile system in S.Korea operational soon: US admiral
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
US troops began delivering the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system for installation on a former golf course in the southern county of Seongju on ...
US missile defence equipment reaches S.Korea site
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
Washington is urging Beijing -- Pyongyang's sole major ally -- to do more to rein it in, but the Asian giant has reacted with fury to the planned installation o...
U.S. Air Force test-launches antiballistic missile from California
Apr 26, 2017 (UPI)
The Minuteman III missile, equipped with a non-explosive payload of flight data, left Vandenberg Air Force Base in California from a Navy jet shortly after midn...
South Korean missile interceptor in final development
Apr 18, 2017 (UPI)
According to the Yonhap news service the hit-to-kill missile system will undergo final evaluation next month to determine it's suitability for production and de...
US, South Korea agree early deployment of THAAD: PM Hwang
Apr 17, 2017 (AFP)
"We have agreed to further strengthen the readiness posture of ROK-US alliance that matches the threats posed by North Korea through a swift deployment of THAAD...
BAE Systems to develop U.S. space, missile defense tech
Apr 12, 2017 (UPI)
The enterprise is one of eight contractors to compete for the $3 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity deal. It was awarded by the U.S. Army's Space ...
Raytheon to upgrade U.S. ballistic missile defense radars
Apr 10, 2017 (UPI)
Raytheon received a $10 million contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to upgrade components for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile radar. The company's work...
Raytheon to supply Multi-Object Kill Vehicle technology
Apr 04, 2017 (UPI)
Raytheon received a $59 million contract to conduct further Multi-Object Kill Vehicle research for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Under the terms of the compe...
Always on Guard: All You Need to Know About Russia's Missile Defense
Apr 04, 2017 (Sputnik)
Half a century ago, March 30, 1967, the Soviet government established the Anti-Missile and Space Defense Forces. The new entity combined all the then-existing m...
Israel's latest missile interceptor enters service
Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the latest addition to Israel's missile defences meant that those seeking to destroy the Jewish state would be end...
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