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Raytheon receives $36.7M Navy contract for RAM missiles, GMLS launchers
Jul 01, 2019 (UPI)
The missile system was ordered by the U.S. Navy and the Japanese military, under the Foreign Military Sales program. Japan will underwrite the cost of nine perc...
US says investigating missile find at Libya rebel base
Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)
The New York Times reported Friday that four Javelin missiles were found at a base used by men under the command of Khalifa Haftar, a military leader who has wa...
Lockheed nets $561.8M for tactical missiles for Bahrain, Poland, Romania
Jun 25, 2019 (UPI)
The contract for the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, includes guided missiles and a launching Service Life Extension Program, or SLEP III, as p...
Navy completes tests of Raytheon's upgraded RAM missile
Jun 20, 2019 (UPI)
Testing of the rolling airframe missile took place at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., and from the Navy's self-defense test ship off the coa...
Science Applications awarded $41.8M for work on Navy missile systems
Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers the two systems, which are part of the MK-99 Fire Control System, itself part of the Aegis B...
Turkey's Erdogan says S-400s delivery for early July
Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)
"I believe (S-400s) will begin to arrive in the first half of July. Colleagues in charge of the schedule are following the issue," Erdogan said according to CNN...
Iran unveils homegrown surface-to-air missile defense system
Jun 11, 2019 (UPI)
Built in Iran, the system -- named after the third month of the Iranian calendar -- is capable of detecting six targets within a range of 93 miles at a maximum ...
US gives Turkey to July 31 to backtrack on Russian missile deal
Jun 07, 2019 (AFP)
If by July 31 Turkey does not renounce the S-400 system, Turkish pilots training in the United States on the F-35 will be expelled, and agreements with Turkish ...
Turkey's Erdogan says no backtracking on S400 deal with Russia
Jun 04, 2019 (AFP)
"We have made an agreement (with Russia). We are determined. There is nothing like backtracking from that," Erdogan was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu...
Britain's Royal Air Force tests miniature missile decoys on Typhoon jets
May 30, 2019 (UPI)
The BriteCloud, which is roughly the size of a soda can, is designed to protect combat jets from the latest radar-guided missiles. They utilize powerful radar e...
Raytheon nabs $38.2M contract for Army TOW missiles
May 29, 2019 (UPI)
The contract calls for improvements to the Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wireless-guided weapon systems, including configuration management, fielding servic...
Israeli missile hits Quneitra, Syria reports casualties
May 27, 2019 (AFP)
"An Israeli missile targeted Tel al-Shaar in Quneitra," the Syrian news agency said, adding a "military vehicle was targeted and there are wounded". The Israeli...
Raytheon wins $151.5M contract to provide missile support for U.S., 20 allies
May 23, 2019 (UPI)
The AIM-9X Lot 18 Block II air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles are for the U.S. Navy and Air Force and governments under foreign military sales, the U.S. Def...
India claims new first for world's fastest cruise missile
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
India is developing the supersonic BrahMos missile -- which has a top speed of 3,450 kilometres (2,140 miles) per hour -- with Russia, and according to media re...
Army's new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile warhead successfully tested
May 22, 2019 (UPI)
The first flight test for the DeepStrike missile, a part of the Precision Strike Missile program, which will replace the Army Tactical Missile System designed i...
Turkey ready for US sanctions over Russian missile deal: minister
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
Turkey's push to buy the S-400 system has strained relations with the United States, a NATO ally, which worries about integrating Russian technology with Turkey...
SKorea to buy SM-2 missiles; Japan approved for AMRAAM missile purchase
May 20, 2019 (UPI)
The Republic of Korea was approved to buy up to 94 rounds of SM-2 Block IIIB Standard medium-range surface-to-air missiles and 12 MK97 MOD 0 guidance sections, ...
Turkey says to produce S-500s with Russia after S-400 missile deal
May 18, 2019 (AFP)
Turkey's push to buy the S-400s has further strained already tense relations with the United States which has repeatedly warned Ankara of the risks including sa...
US approves missile sales to S.Korea, Japan
May 17, 2019 (AFP)
The State Department said it had approved 94 SM-2 missiles used by ships against air threats, along with 12 guidance systems for a total cost of $313.9 million....
Boeing nabs $10.8M for Harpoon missile production for Saudi Arabia
May 15, 2019 (UPI)
The modification calls for obsolescence redesign efforts in producing and delivering the AGM-84 Harpoon Block II missiles, a ship-based weapon, to be completed ...
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