MISSILE DEFENSE

News About Ballistic Missile Defense

1,273 articles

Poland urges NATO to push ahead with missle shield
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Poland on Monday urged NATO's new secretary general to push ahead with a missile shield system amid the West's worst standoff with Russia since the Cold War. "W...
Saudi Arabia seeks billion-dollar air defense deal
Oct 02, 2014 (UPI)
More than 200 Patriot Air Defense Systems with PAC-3 enhancement may be sold to Saudi Arabia under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The U.S. Defense Sec...
US plans Patriot missile sale to Saudi Arabia:Pentagon
Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)
The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth $1.75 billion and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates valued at abo...
Israel taps Raytheon for Iron Dome interceptor components
Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)
Components for Israel's Iron Dome defense system are to be supplied by Raytheon under a $143 million award. The contract was awarded to the company by Rafael Ad...
Raytheon producing backup components for missile defense radar
Sep 19, 2014 (UPI)
Major sub-components of the AN/TPY-2 Ballistic Missile Defense system's radar are being built as backups to keep the radars running during maintenance periods. ...
Raytheon providing ongoing support for Patriot air defense system
Sep 12, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has given Raytheon a $109 million contract for ongoing engineering services and support for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. Work under...
Israel, US test upgraded Arrow 2 missile interceptor
Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)
Israel and the United States on Tuesday successfully conducted a joint test of an upgraded Arrow 2 ballistic missile interception system over the Mediterranean ...
INFORMS Study on Iron Dome Asks: What Was its Impact?
Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)
A new study published by The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Iron Dome syst...
Raytheon AI3 missile intercepts first cruise missile target
Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)
Raytheon and the U.S. Army achieved the first intercept of a cruise missile by the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative missile. An AI3 missile also destro...
Taiwan to spend $2.5 billion on anti-missile systems
Aug 30, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan plans to spend Tw$74.8 billion ($2.5 billion) in the next nine years to acquire anti-missile systems to boost its aerial defences against China, a lawmak...
US Congress approves funding for Israel's Iron Dome
Aug 02, 2014 (AFP)
The US Congress on Friday approved $225 million for Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, credited with destroying missiles fired by Hamas before they...
Qatar to buy Patriot missiles in $11 bln arms deal: US
Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)
Qatar will buy US Patriot missiles for the first time in a major arms deal worth $11 billion, officials said Monday, as Washington awaits a decision by the Gulf...
Lockheed Martin To Build Next Two SBIRS Missile Defense Satellites
Jun 26, 2014 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.86 billion fixed-price contract to complete the production of the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GE...
US missile defense system strikes target in test
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
The Boeing-managed ground-based system intended to shield the continental United States successfully intercepted a simulated incoming missile over the Pacific O...
Poland and Raytheon Partner to Develop New Patriot IFF Antenna
Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)
Raytheon has announced that it will partner with Bumar Elektronika on the design and development of a modernized Patriot Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) ante...
South Korea to develop homegrown interceptor instead of THAAD
Jun 12, 2014 (XNA)
South Korea's arms procurement agency said on Wednesday that the country plans to develop its own interceptor, dismissing speculation that it may adopt the U.S....
US MDA and Northrop Grumman Conduct Wargame to Improve Understanding of BMD Complexity
Jun 10, 2014 (SPX)
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Northrop Grumman have successfully completed multiple sessions of a missile defense wargame for the second annual Rona...
US seeks greater missile defense cooperation by Japan, South Korea
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
A top US military official on Wednesday called for better missile defense cooperation between Japan and South Korea, in the face of strained ties between Americ...
Propulsion Module For SBIRS GEO-4 Satellite Completed
May 12, 2014 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has completed the propulsion module for the fourth Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-4) space vehicle and is n...
Canada revisiting ballistic missile defense: official
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
Canada is revisiting a decade-old decision not to join the US ballistic missile defense program, a top official in Ottawa said on Thursday. James Bezan, parliam...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.