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Raytheon's Patriot missiles receive US Army service life extension
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon's Patriot missiles, critical components of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System, have received U.S. Army approval for a second recertification, e...
Israel: Too few Iron Domes, cities exposed
Apr 01, 2013 (UPI)
Israel's Home Front chief says cities will likely be unprotected by Iron Dome anti-missile systems if war erupts because military installations will get priorit...
Northrop Grumman AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR Radar System Demonstrates Ballistic Missile Defense Capability
Mar 28, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) successfully detected multiple rocket launches during company-funded testing. Currently under...
EAPS Completes Miniature Hit-To-Kill Interceptor Flight Test
Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program successfully conducted the first Guided Test Flight to characterize the seeker, guid...
Israel: Iron Dome shootdown rate disputed
Mar 27, 2013 (UPI)
Israel showcased its much-vaunted Iron Dome anti-missile system for U.S. President Barack Obama when he visited this week but in recent days the U.S.-funded sys...
White House: no Patriot missiles in Syria
Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)
The White House said Tuesday that NATO would not provide Patriot missile batteries to protect rebel strongholds in Syria, following a request from opposition ch...
Russia keen for talks on missile defense: Pentagon
Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called his US counterpart Chuck Hagel on Monday and expressed a desire to hold high-level talks on missile defense, the ...
Hagel seeks to reassure Poland on missile defense
Mar 22, 2013 (AFP)
The United States is dedicated to defending Europe from missile attacks despite a US decision to abandon the final phase of a planned anti-missile system, Penta...
Poland vows own shield as US reins in Europe missile defence
Mar 20, 2013 (AFP)
Poland said Wednesday it would spend 33.6 billion euros ($43.3 bn) to set up its own missile shield, days after the US announced it was ready to abandon the fin...
Russia dismisses US missile defence move
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
Russia said Monday it saw "no concession" in the US decision to abandon the final phase of its missile shield for Europe in favour of deploying new interceptors...
US move on missile defense could revive talks with Russia
Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)
The United States is ready to abandon the final phase of its European missile defense system, a US official said Saturday, in a move that could revive arms cont...
US to boost missile defenses against N. Korea
Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)
The United States said it would bolster defenses against a possible North Korean missile strike a week after Pyongyang threatened a "pre-emptive" nuclear attack...
Lockheed Martin Wins Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent Contract
Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a 5-year, $100 million contract to provide combat system engineering services - including the design, development, int...
Israel tests new Arrow missile interceptor
Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)
Israel said on Monday it carried a successful test of the latest generation Arrow missile system, the Arrow 3, that can intercept missiles from Iran, taking a f...
Israel tests Arrow but funding cuts loom
Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)
Israel successfully carried out the first flight test of its high-altitude Arrow-3 missile interceptor Monday, a major step forward in shielding the Jewish stat...
US radar to boost missile defence in Japan
Feb 24, 2013 (AFP)
Tokyo and Washington plan to install a US early-warning radar system at a coastal base near Kyoto to bolster defences against the North Korean missile threat, r...
JLENS demonstrates tactical ballistic missile defense capability
Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)
Enemy tactical ballistic missiles may soon be easier to detect and track. During a series of recent tests, a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) JLENS demonstrated tac...
SM-3 takes out medium-range ballistic missile target
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
A Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote R...
Space-Based Sensors A Ballistic Missile's Worst Nightmare
Feb 18, 2013 (SPX)
Space-based sensors can expand the range and effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) capabilities, a recent missile defen...
Aegis Intercepts Target Using Satellite Assist
Feb 18, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its first intercept using tracking information from the space tracking...
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