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Raytheon nabs $97.7M for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile production
Mar 19, 2019 (UPI)
The $97.7 million contract modification, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is meant to cover long-lead material in support of low-rate initial prod...
Lockheed awarded $506.9M contract for PAC-3 missiles
Mar 15, 2019 (UPI)
The contract is for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment, as well as all technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing efforts to p...
Boeing nets $250M to integrate new cruise missile onto B-52H
Mar 14, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, provides aircraft and missile carriage equipment development and modification, engineering, test...
Lockheed tapped by Navy for rapid missile technology development
Mar 13, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, awarded to the company's Missile and Fire Control division in Orlando, Fla., was announced on Tuesday. It calls for design and development studies...
Australia approved for $240.5M AMRAAM purchase
Mar 13, 2019 (UPI)
The proposed deal for Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment is valued at $240.5 million. The Australian defense ministry has requested...
Turkey's Erdogan stands by Russia missile deal
Mar 09, 2019 (AFP)
He was speaking a day after Washington warned Ankara of "grave consequences" should the deal go ahead. "It is very clear why Turkey has bought this air defence ...
Northrop Grumman nabs $322M for AARGM-ER missile motors
Mar 08, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, includes the design, integration and test of a new solid rocket motor for the AGM-88G variant of ...
Erdogan determined to go ahead with Russian missile deal
Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)
The United States, a long-standing NATO ally and supplier of much of Turkey's military equipment, has pressed Ankara to drop the S-400 deal, saying it is incomp...
US deploys THAAD missile defence in Israel for exercise
Mar 04, 2019 (AFP)
The two countries confirmed the deployment, with Israel's military stressing it was "not related to any specific current event". It is the first such exercise i...
Navy seeks proposals to design, build next-generation guided-missile frigates
Mar 04, 2019 (UPI)
The Naval Sea Systems Command on Friday published the draft RFP, with the Navy seeking detail, design and construction for the first 10 vessels of the class. Su...
Lockheed awarded $846M for Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike missile
Feb 27, 2019 (UPI)
The contract modification, announced on Tuesday, calls for the design, development, construction and integration of large diameter rocket motors, associated par...
Lockheed awarded $33.4M for cost reduction work on LRASM
Feb 22, 2019 (UPI)
The contract includes the redesign, integration and test of radio frequency sensors, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. The LRASM, based somewhat on ...
Saab contracted to upgrade Australian Army's rocket warning system
Feb 21, 2019 (UPI)
The Swedish company received the order for the C-RAM in December, according to a press release. WAVES equipment provides early warning audible and visual alerts...
Israel Aerospace Industries shows off 'loitering' missile at India air show
Feb 20, 2019 (UPI)
The missile, called the Mini Harpy, is in the category of "loitering missiles," also known as suicide drones or kamikaze drones. It is capable of flying, or loi...
UAE signs major missile deals with US giant Raytheon
Feb 18, 2019 (AFP)
The deals, inked on the second day of an international military exhibition in Abu Dhabi, come a day after the UAE announced it would buy $353 million worth of P...
Pence hails $414 mn deal on US rockets for Poland
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
"We are pleased to partner with you in Poland's national defence," US Vice President Mike Pence said in Warsaw as the deal was inked in an air hangar filled wit...
BAE awarded $225M for APKWS kits rocket upgrades
Feb 07, 2019 (UPI)
The contract is for 9,999 additional production units of the laser-guided rocket upgrade kits, known as APKWS II, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday....
General Atomics awarded $30.9M more for MQ-9 missile defense testing
Feb 07, 2019 (UPI)
The contracted value was increased from $37.9 million to $68.8 million for the remotely piloted aircraft, the agency announced Wednesday. General Atomics has be...
Rafael test-launches precision-guided missile from light vehicle in Israel
Feb 07, 2019 (UPI)
The missiles, known in Israel as Tamuz 5, were fired from a new lightweight buggy that features eight missiles and can be mounted on light SUVs, Army Technology...
U.S. approves deal to sell LRASMs to Australia for up to $990M
Feb 07, 2019 (UPI)
According to the DSCA, Australia's request also included support and test equipment, technical publications and documentation, personnel training, training equi...
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