MISSILE NEWS

News About Missiles

1,930 articles

Raytheon receives $74M contract for AMRAAM missile integration
Mar 05, 2021 (UPI)
The $74 million award to Raytheon Missile Systems was announced on Thursday, and provides the "necessary aircraft lab, flight test, flight clearance and simulat...
Guam gets a Standoff Missile Complex in $42M contract award
Feb 26, 2021 (UPI)
Granite-Obayashi JV of Watsonville, Calif., will construct the complex for the U.S. Air Force at Yigo, the southernmost point of Guam, the U.S. island territory...
U.S. Military, industry executives, government and researchers to attend Hypersonic Weapons Summit
Feb 26, 2021 (SPX)
The event will take place Online this April 28-30, 2021. Make sure to check out the most-up-to-date brochure, to find out who you will learn from and network wi...
Pentagon aims to field hypersonic weapons by mid-2020s
Feb 25, 2021 (UPI)
The Department of Defense also plans to develop a layered system for defense against hypersonic weapons by the mid-to-late-2020s and develop reusable hypersonic...
Lockheed Martin awarded new production lots for Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Feb 23, 2021 (SPX)
The combined Lot 4/5 contract continues production of the air-launched variant of LRASM, now operational on the U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F and U.S. Air Force B-1B. "Th...
Russia's Su-57s conducting captive-carry tests of new air-launched hypersonic missile
Feb 19, 2021 (Sputnik)
Russia's stealthy Su-57 is reportedly undergoing tests on its ability to carry a new hypersonic weapon, according to sources inside Russia's military-industrial...
State Department approves possible $197M missile sale to Egypt
Feb 16, 2021 (UPI)
According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Egypt's government has asked to buy up to 168 of the missiles. Its bid also includes shipping and storage ...
Northrop Grumman to Develop Advanced Air-to-Air Missile Engagement Concept
Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)
"Our collaboration with DARPA is the critical first step in the development of innovative operational concepts and solutions that will enhance our warfighter's ...
State Department approves $85M missile sale to Chile
Feb 08, 2021 (UPI)
The $85 million sale includes 16 SM-2 Block IIIA rail-launched missiles, two MK 89 Mod 0 guidance section adapter, a target detection device kit, MK 45 Mod 14 n...
U.S. Navy to arm amphibious vessels with long-range missiles
Jan 15, 2021 (UPI)
The Navy intends to experiment with installation of the Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile, part of the arsenal of future Constellation-class frigates, on ...
North Korea parades new submarine-launched missile
Jan 14, 2021 (AFP)
The parade came after the five-yearly congress of the ruling Workers' Party, at which leader Kim Jong Un decried the US as his country's "foremost principal ene...
Britain buys SPEAR3 missiles for F-35B fighter planes in $748.3M deal
Jan 06, 2021 (UPI)
The seven-year contract with European defense contractor MBDA calls for building of SPEAR3 missiles, a six-feet-long miniature cruise missile powered by a turbo...
AFRL demonstrates critical new warhead technologies for high speed weapons
Dec 16, 2020 (AFNS)
AFRL and two small business partners, Energetic Materials and Products Inc. and Hydrosoft International, developed the warhead technologies. Holloman's 846th Te...
Projectile concept shows potential to extend munition range to more than 100km
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
Conducted as part of phase one of the U.S. Army's XM1155 Extended-Range Artillery Projectile (ERAP) program, the SFRJ tests validated gun-launched survivability...
U.S., Australia agree to partner on hypersonic missile development
Nov 30, 2020 (UPI)
The process of certifying the missiles capable of flying five times the speed of sound, or up to 6,000 mph, has been accelerated by a regional arms race involvi...
Tigray forces fire rockets at Ethiopian regional capital
Nov 20, 2020 (AFP)
An AFP journalist heard two explosions in the city at around 1:40 am, followed by several minutes of gunfire. A regional communications official, Gizachew Mulun...
UK ex-defence worker jailed for sharing missile info
Nov 10, 2020 (AFP)
Software engineer Simon Finch admitted breaching Britain's Official Secrets Act by emailing details of the system, which a prosecutor described as critical to U...
Canana approved for $500M buy of SM-2 missiles
Nov 05, 2020 (UPI)
According to the DSCA, Canada's government asked to buy 100 SM-2 Block IIIC missiles and 100 MK 13 vertical launch systems. The request also included obsolescen...
Northrop Grumman to build Coyote supersonic target missiles for Navy, Japan
Nov 04, 2020 (UPI)
The deal calls for manufacture and delivery of 19 GQM-163A Coyote sea-skimming targets -- 16 for the U.S. Navy and three for the Japan Self-Defense Force -- acc...
Northrop Grumman, US Army install improved missile early warning system in Republic of Korea
Nov 03, 2020 (SPX)
This deployment marks the completion of phase one of the JTAGS modernization program. The system was first fielded in tactical shelters in 1997 to provide in-th...
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.