MISSILE NEWS

News About Missiles

1,930 articles

Iran in 'successful test' of new cruise missile on revolution anniversary
Feb 02, 2019 (AFP)
"The test of the Hoveizeh cruise missile was carried out successfully at a range of 1,200 kilometres (840 miles) and accurately hit the set target," Defence Min...
F-model of Javelin missile hits full-rate production with 2,100-missile order
Jan 30, 2019 (UPI)
The companies announced the contract on Tuesday, noting that it comes after a qualification test program that included 21 successful flight tests. The value of ...
Iran denies any intention of boosting range of missiles
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
Iran has voluntarily limited the range of its missiles to 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles), sufficient to reach Israel and Western bases in the Middle East. But W...
MBDA's new MMP missile system successfully deployed in Mali
Jan 16, 2019 (UPI)
The Picardy Battle Group used the missile, called the Missile Moyenne Portable, or MMP, for the first time in a combat environment in December, MBDA announced W...
US Navy and Air Force awards Lockheed Martin Second Production Lot for Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Jan 16, 2019 (SPX)
The contract continues the production for the air-launched variant of LRASM, including a full production run of missiles and engineering support. This is the se...
Raytheon taps Phoenix Products for Naval Strike Missile containers
Jan 15, 2019 (UPI)
PPI, which is a female-owned, small business based in McKee, Ky., has partnered with Raytheon in the program that provides large businesses with incentives to h...
Raytheon contracted for additional upgrades to AMRAAMs
Jan 11, 2019 (UPI)
The modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, covers work on the advanced medium-range air-to-air-missile [AMRAAM] system, brought the init...
Raytheon gets $434 million contract to modify AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles
Jan 01, 2019 (UPI)
The contract covers 766 AIM-9X Block II and Block II Plus missiles, known as Sidewinders, as well as guidance units, optical target containers and training miss...
General Dynamics contracted for missile control systems for U.S., U.K.
Dec 27, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers work on the fire control systems on both nation's submarines, as well as the attack weapo...
Turkey says US missile deal does not affect S-400 purchase from Russia
Dec 24, 2018 (AFP)
"The US Patriot sale process does not affect the S-400 process. We don't see one as an alternative for the other," Ibrahim Kalin said. The US State Department o...
Navy contracts Orbital for Coyote missile trainers
Dec 20, 2018 (UPI)
One of those vehicles will be sent to the Army for use testing and evaluating the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, Limited User Test target system. Th...
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile reaches early operational capability status on B-1B bombers
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
After successfully completing the required integration, flight testing and modeling and simulation, warfighters accepted the first of many tactical production u...
Northrop Grumman receives $3.6B contract for infrared missile countermeasures
Dec 17, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, provides for LAIRCM units, logistical support and related engineering services.The contract will ex...
Lockheed contracted for three LRASM missiles
Dec 17, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, issued Friday by the Department of Defense, covers Lot Two production of three LRASMs at a cost of $10.3 million. The order is being covered with ...
Army orders engineering services on Javelin anti-tank missile
Dec 12, 2018 (UPI)
The work is expected to be completed by Oct. 2019 and falls under Army 2018 procurement funds. Redstone arsenal is the contracting authority. The FGM-148 Javeli...
Iran confirms recent missile test amid Western criticism
Dec 11, 2018 (AFP)
"We are continuing our missile tests and this recent one was a. significant test," the Fars news agency reported, citing Revolutionary Guards aerospace commande...
SM-3 Block IIA makes successful intercept of ballistic missile
Dec 11, 2018 (UPI)
The test is the second successful use of the system, which has suffered personnel and mechanical failures in previous testing. The interceptor was fired from th...
U.K. Typhoon fighter flies with Meteor air-to-air missiles for first time
Dec 10, 2018 (UPI)
The Meteor long-range missile has been developed by a consortium of six European nations lead by the United Kingdom. The primary contractor for the weapon, whic...
Northrop Grumman receives $450M for Joint Threat Emitter training
Dec 07, 2018 (UPI)
The contract includes spare parts, training and other support services. Work will take place in the U.S. and international locations with the contract expected ...
Boeing receives contract for Harpoon, SLAM-ER missile work
Dec 04, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will run through November 2019 as part of an existing support contract and includes Foreign...
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.