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Northrop Grumman's completes live fire of AARGM-ER missile
Aug 03, 2021 (SPX)
"The AARGM-ER was successfully launched from the F/A-18 aircraft and met the key test objectives of a first missile live fire event. The government and industry...
Hypersonic missile booster rocket fails to ignite in test
Jul 30, 2021 (UPI)
The test of the rocket propelling the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon was its second, and occurred on Wednesday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. An...
Putin warns of 'lethal' strikes at Russian warship parade
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
The Russian leader's boast comes days after military officials announced tests of advanced new weapons, some of which come from an arsenal Putin has described a...
With cutting-edge hypersonics, Russia leads in new arms race
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
Moscow's latest step came this week with another successful test of the Zircon, a ship-launched hypersonic missile. Fired from one of Russia's most powerful war...
Russia test fires Zircon hypersonic cruise missile
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
Moscow has in recent years touted the development of futuristic weapons that it hopes will give it the edge in any arms race with the United States at a time of...
Lockheed Martin to build HIMARS M142 rocket launchers
Jul 16, 2021 (UPI)
The contract modification includes production of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems M142 launchers for Taiwan under the Foreign Military Sales program, alth...
S-500 Prometheus: 'Killer of F-35' Has Undergone Combat Missile Trials and is Coming Soon
Jul 14, 2021 (Sputnik)
Speaking to the Russian news outlet Krasnaya Zvezda last week, Major General Babakov elaborated that the S-500 has been developed as a completely new generation...
Northrop Grumman Builds Hypersonic Center of Excellence to Support National Security
Jul 14, 2021 (SPX)
"Hypersonic weapons protect our warfighters by offering higher speeds, longer ranges, optimal performance and the ability to combat a threat with as much distan...
U.S. Air Force detonates hypersonic missile warhead in test
Jul 09, 2021 (UPI)
The prototype warhead, designed for the in-development Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon -- a hypersonic missile -- was detonated for the first time in a groun...
Marines' 'Summer Fury 21' exercise begins with long-range strikes
Jul 09, 2021 (UPI)
The 3rd Marine Aviation Wing of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., conducted a long-range maritime strike against a simulated enemy vessel this week, dem...
British destroyers to carry additional missiles
Jul 07, 2021 (UPI)
A statement on Tuesday said the Common Anti-Air Modular Missile program, known as CAMM or Sea Ceptor, will be integrated into weapons systems of Britain's six T...
Britain to spend $4.8M developing inter-missile communication system
Jul 01, 2021 (UPI)
The contract was awarded to the Defense Science Technology Laboratory for the Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator, which the British government ...
Legislators object to Navy plan to end nuclear cruise missile program
Jun 16, 2021 (UPI)
One part of acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker's three-page, June 4 memo regarding 2023 program objectives said that "the Navy cannot afford to own, operate an...
Defense Dept.: U.S. accelerating hypersonic missile development
Jun 09, 2021 (UPI)
Mike White, hypersonics director in the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering office, told the non-profit Center for Strategic and Internationa...
USS Ross conducts live-fire missile test in NATO exercises
Jun 04, 2021 (UPI)
The ship used a SM-2 missile to down its target on Tuesday during a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise neat Scotland's Outer Hebrides islands as it participated ...
Surveillance planes test Harpoon missiles in NATO exercise
Jun 02, 2021 (UPI)
The three planes, modified Boeing 737s outfitted for surveillance and reconnaissance use, are equipped with AGM-84D air-to-surface missiles, and demonstrated th...
Lockheed Martin tests Navy's Hypersonic Strike System
May 28, 2021 (SPX)
In this live fire ground test of the first stage solid rocket motor, the motor fired for the full trial duration and met performance parameters and objectives w...
French frigate downs supersonic missile in NATO exercise
May 28, 2021 (UPI)
The French anti-missile ship FS Forbin fired an Aster 30 combat missile, destroying the target skimming the water's surface, on May 21, the nations said in a st...
Marines' 24th MEU deploys with HIMARS rocket system
May 21, 2021 (UPI)
The amphibious attack unit, regarded as a fast-response air-and-ground task force and garrisoned at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was assigned a HIMARS, a wheeled, multip...
BAE Systems Australia to build joint strike missile components
May 21, 2021 (UPI)
The contract for 180 Passive Radio Frequency Sensors, or PRS, completes the first full rate of production order for elements of the fifth-generation, long-range...
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