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NATO's missile defense capability set for modernization
May 19, 2015 (UPI)
NATO's missile command-and-control system is to be modernized by ThalesRaytheonSystems under a contract worth more than $105 million. The upgrades will strength...
US Missile Defense System Beset by Delays
May 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced in developing an anti-ballistic missile defense system but continues to be beset by testing delays and acquisit...
US Awards $600 Million for NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense Kill Vehicle
May 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
The SM-3 Block IB is a kill vehicle that destroys ballistic missiles through high-speed impact; it will be deployed ashore in Romania in 2015. "Under this contr...
Teledyne to provide missile defense test and evaluation services
May 01, 2015 (UPI)
Test and evaluation services for U.S. missile defense weapon systems are to be performed by Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. under a $64.7 million task order. Th...
Lockheed Martin opens center for interceptor missile technology
Apr 30, 2015 (UPI)
A laboratory has been opened in California by Lockheed Martin to develop next-generation target seekers for interceptor missiles. A seeker, no bigger than a loa...
Turkish firm joins NATO BMD support effort
Apr 29, 2015 (UPI)
Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan has joined a multinational industry team for engineering support of NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense program. The te...
Poland speeding up Patriot system buy
Apr 22, 2015 (UPI)
Poland is buying the Patriot air defense system from the United States and will begin negotiations for it in Washington next month. The decision, announced Tues...
$2B Patriot order for Raytheon
Apr 20, 2015 (UPI)
The Patriot Air and Missile Defense System is being delivered to an unidentified country by Raytheon under a new contract worth more than $2 billion. Included i...
Romania 'Agression Platform' Against Russia With US Missile Defense Systems
Apr 12, 2015 (Sputnik)
Alexander Mosesov - The planned deployment of the shore-based Aegis command and control component of the US Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system in Romania is...
David's Sling successsfully intercepts targets
Apr 02, 2015 (UPI)
Israel's middle-tier defense system against missiles and rockets successfully passed a series of tests conducted by Israel and the United States. The tests of t...
Raytheon modernizing South Korean Patriot system
Mar 31, 2015 (UPI)
The Patriot Air and Missile Defense system of South Korea is to be upgraded by Raytheon, which will also provide the country with UAV ground stations. The two s...
N. Korea says US missile system seeks to contain China, Russia
Mar 26, 2015 (AFP)
North Korea weighed in Thursday on the proposed deployment of a US missile defence system in South Korea, criticising it as a Cold War-era move to "contain" Chi...
Russia warns US against sending missile defence system to South Korea
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
Russia on Tuesday warned the United States against sending a ballistic missile defence system to South Korea, saying it could threaten regional security. Washin...
Denmark could face nuclear attack if joins missile shield
Mar 21, 2015 (AFP)
Russia's ambassador to Denmark said Saturday that the NATO country's navy could be targeted by nuclear missiles if it joins the Western alliance's anti-missile ...
US official dismisses China's concern over missile defence
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
A senior US official on Tuesday brushed off Beijing's objection to the possible deployment of a US missile defence system in South Korea, saying North Korea's m...
Russia's SMF Ready to Repel a 'Lightning-Speed' Nuclear Strike
Mar 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russian Strategic Missile Forces will parry all nuclear attacks and punish the enemy with a devastating retaliatory strike. The Russian Strategic Missile Forces...
Three rockets launched near-simultaneously in Aegis test
Feb 27, 2015 (XNA)
The U.S. military launched three suborbital rockets near-simultaneously Tuesday as part of a ballistic missile defense (BMD) test involving the Aegis weapon sys...
GaN-based AESA technology available for Patriot system users
Feb 23, 2015 (UPI)
Nations using the Patriot defense system can now receive an active electronically scanned array Patriot radar sensor that uses Gallium Nitride technology. Galli...
BAE Systems providing support for Army's Space and Missile Defense Command
Feb 11, 2015 (UPI)
BAE Systems reports it will provide hardware, software, and systems integration support for the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command. The services will...
Pentagon Asks for $9.6Bln to Counter Missile Threat From Iran, NKorea
Feb 05, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Obama administration asked for $9.6 billion to counter the increasing threat from North Korea and Iran. The US Department of Defense has requested $9.6 bill...
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