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Air-breathing hypersonic weapon delivers value and performance
Jun 14, 2022 (SPX)
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, is making significant investments in scramjets. Here are some of the reasons that approach hold...
Ukraine forces need deliberate training on new rocket system: US
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said Wednesday that while four of the Himars systems were being prepared for Ukraine, training was focused on building...
UK to give Ukraine long-range missile systems
Jun 05, 2022 (AFP)
The UK Ministry of Defence said London had coordinated closely with Washington over its gift of the multiple-launch rocket systems, known as MLRS, to help Ukrai...
US rockets for Ukraine: a game-changer
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
The new weapon is the Himars multiple launch rocket system, or MLRS: a mobile unit that can simultaneously launch multiple precision-guided missiles. Both Ukrai...
Germany to deliver air defence system to Ukraine: Scholz
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz told parliament Berlin would also be sending more weapons to Ukraine. "The government has decided that we will send the Iris-T system -- the most modern ...
New US aid for Ukraine: Himars rockets, javelins, helicopters
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
Under Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said Ukraine forces need about three weeks of training to be able to use the Himars, a highly mobile guided rocket launche...
Biden rules out sending rocket systems 'that can strike into Russia' to Ukraine
May 30, 2022 (AFP)
"We are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia," Biden told reporters in Washington. Pro-Western Ukraine has received extensive...
Raytheon Missiles and Defense awarded $624 million for Stinger missile production
May 29, 2022 (SPX)
"We're aligned with the U.S. Army on a plan that ensures we fulfill our current foreign military sale order, while replenishing Stingers provided to Ukraine and...
Russia says carried out hypersonic missile test
May 28, 2022 (AFP)
The missile was fired from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate stationed in the Barents Sea and "successfully hit" a target stationed 1,000 kilometres (625 miles) away...
DOD focused on hypersonic missile defense development, Admiral Says
May 12, 2022 (AFNS)
Navy Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill, director, Missile Defense Agency, discussed the defense against these missiles during testimony at a House Armed Services Committee ...
Lockheed Martin delivers Long-Range Precision Strike Missile System on JLTVs
May 11, 2022 (SPX)
"The combination of Spike NLOS's long-range and precision-strike capabilities with the JLTV's superior agility will result in next-level mobility and mission ef...
Russia admits striking Kyiv during UN chief's visit
Apr 29, 2022 (AFP)
Vera Gyrych, a producer for the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was killed when a Russian missile hit the building where she lived, the media group s...
Raytheon will not resume mass production of Stinger missiles until 2023
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
Western countries have been sending Ukraine thousands of the surface-to-air missiles and their shoulder-mounted launchers, which are effective against helicopte...
Poland buys short-range anti-aircraft missiles
Apr 25, 2022 (AFP)
Under the deal, MBDA will supply Poland's PGZ-Narew consortium with CAMM iLauncher systems, which will be integrated into Poland's Narew short-range air defence...
Glide Breaker Program Enters New Phase
Apr 19, 2022 (SPX)
Phase 1 of the program focused on developing and demonstrating a divert and attitude control system (DACS) that enables a kill vehicle to intercept hypersonic w...
Russia hits Kyiv missile factory after flagship sunk
Apr 15, 2022 (AFP)
The Vizar plant, near the capital's international airport, was seriously damaged in the overnight strikes, an AFP journalist saw. Russia said it had used sea-ba...
Slovakia gives S-300 air defence system to Ukraine
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
"I can confirm that the Slovak Republic has donated the S-300 air defence system to Ukraine, following Ukraine's request for assistance," Heger posted on Facebo...
Second Successful Flight for DARPA Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC)
Apr 06, 2022 (SPX)
This is the second successful flight in DARPA's HAWC program. Last September, a different vehicle configuration from another contractor team also reached hypers...
US tests hypersonic missile
Apr 05, 2022 (AFP)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it had recently completed a free flight test of an aircraft-launched hypersonic missile that maintain...
Air strikes hit Ukraine's strategic port Odessa
Apr 03, 2022 (AFP)
The Russian defence ministry confirmed the strike. "This morning, high-precision sea and air-based missiles destroyed an oil refinery and three storage faciliti...
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