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Lockheed to research air-dropped packaged missiles in $25M contract
Oct 28, 2020 (UPI)
The contract was issued by the Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office, and is meant to support the fourth phase of the Palletized Munitions E...
UK ex-defence worker on trial for sharing missile info
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
Software engineer Simon Finch denies breaching Britain's Official Secrets Act by emailing details of the system, which a prosecutor described as critical to UK ...
Pentagon condemns Turkey S-400 test, Erdogan dismisses US criticism
Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)
"The US Department of Defense condemns in the strongest possible terms Turkey's October 16 test of the S-400 air defense system -- a test confirmed today by Tur...
NATO partners agree to mutual air defense systems
Oct 23, 2020 (UPI)
Ministers from Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain signed a letter of intent to implement a systemat...
Boeing, U.S. Navy to develop long-range strike missile demonstrator
Oct 21, 2020 (UPI)
Boeing and the Navy's Air Warfare Center Weapons Division will develop the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet, or SPEAR, flight demonstrator, with a ...
China's H-6N bomber spotted armed with new hypersonic cruise missile
Oct 20, 2020 (Sputnik)
Over the weekend, footage of a large H-6N bomber landing at an airfield with a missile slung under its fuselage appeared on social media. While the video would ...
USS Zumwalt successfully conducts first missile test
Oct 20, 2020 (UPI)
The Zumwalt, delivered to the Navy in April, successfully showed off its ability to detect, track and engage an anti-ship cruise missile with an SM-2, the U.S. ...
US condemns Turkey over reported test of Russian system
Oct 16, 2020 (AFP)
The Turkish army conducted the test firing of the S400 missile defence system in the northern province of Sinop by the Black Sea, according to the pro-governmen...
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers 5,000th Stinger Missile solid rocket flight motor
Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)
"Aerojet Rocketdyne's reliable propulsion has powered the Stinger missile system for more than three decades; we're proud of our role helping to protect warfigh...
Test-firing of U.S. hypersonic missile hit within 6 inches of target
Oct 14, 2020 (UPI)
Speaking to a conference of the U.S. Association of the Army on Tuesday, McCarthy referred to a Mar. 19 test of the missile, which was fired from the Pacific Mi...
Senators push Turkey sanctions after S-400 allegedly used to detect Greek F-16s
Oct 08, 2020 (UPI)
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and James Lankford, R-Okla., on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to sanction Tur...
Russia announces successful test of hypersonic missile
Oct 07, 2020 (UPI)
The announcement came in a teleconference between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, transcribed on the ...
General Dynamics nabs $1.2B for Army's short-range air defense system
Oct 01, 2020 (UPI)
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers production of the Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense, which expected for deliver by...
Iran Guards unveil new naval ballistic missile
Sep 27, 2020 (AFP)
The missile, dubbed "Zolfaghar Basir", is the naval variant of the surface-to-surface Zolfaghar ballistic missile, according to Tasnim news agency. Its range is...
Israel tests new sea-to-sea missile
Sep 25, 2020 (UPI)
The missile successfully struck and sank a decommissioned target vessel meant to simulate an enemy vessel. The missiles will be integrated into the Israeli Navy...
USS Antietam conducts Tomahawk strike exercise near Guam
Sep 21, 2020 (UPI)
The guided-missile cruiser, part of the strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, successfully targeted land on the uninhabited Farallon de Me...
Putin says Russia was forced to create hypersonic weapons after US withdrew from treaty
Sep 21, 2020 (Sputnik)
Russia had no choice but to pursue the development of nuclear-capable hypersonic weapons systems in the aftermath of the Bush administration's decision in 2002 ...
DARPA's air-breathing hypersonic missiles ready for free-flight tests
Sep 02, 2020 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have each designed hypersonic missiles for a combined program of the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. T...
Lockheed Martin awarded $183M contract for HIMARS launchers
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin will produce and build 28 HIMARS at its Precision Fires Center of Excellence in Camden, Arkansas. The contract calls for launcher and associated...
Harpoon missile firing sinks ship in Hawaiian naval exercise
Aug 31, 2020 (UPI)
The navies of Australia, Brunei, Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States brought 22 surface vessels, ...
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