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Orbital ATK to support next-step development of anti-radiation missiles
Nov 28, 2017 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $32.9 million under a cost-plus-fixed fee contract, which is a cost-reimbursement de...
State Dept. approves potential Javelin missile sale to Georgia
Nov 21, 2017 (UPI)
The $75 million deal was announced Monday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, calling for the sale of 410 FGM-148 Javelin Missiles and 72 Javelin Comman...
State Dept. approves potential missile sale to Poland
Nov 20, 2017 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, is worth $10.5 billion and requires Congressional approval before the contract is finaliz...
Raytheon awarded contract for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile program
Nov 16, 2017 (UPI)
The ESSM is an upgraded version of the Sea Sparrow anti-ship missile defense system, which itself is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Navy and 11 other n...
Raytheon sale of AMRAAMs to Norway approved by State Department
Nov 15, 2017 (UPI)
The contract, if approved by Congress, who was notified of the potential sale on Tuesday, will be worth an estimated $170 million. Officials at the State Depart...
Lockheed Martin to test AGM-158 JASSM
Nov 14, 2017 (UPI)
The $44.1 million deal seeks to test the AGM-158 during flight, with Lockheed Martin saying these upgraded Intelligent Test Instrumentations Kits will "eliminat...
Raytheon, Australia ink first deal for ground-based air defense system
Nov 08, 2017 (UPI)
Announced Wednesday by Christopher Pyne, Australia's minister for defense industry, the contract will "include Risk Mitigation Activities to inform the final sy...
Turkey signs missile accord with Paris and Rome
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
The letter signed by the Turkish, French and Italian defence ministers allows the Eurosam consortium to "analyse and define the needs" of the Turkish military, ...
US accuses Iran of supplying missile to Yemen
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Riyadh had released information showing that the missile was an Iranian Qiam and that this weapon was not present in Yemen before...
Raytheon receives $17M contract for missile targeting system
Nov 07, 2017 (UPI)
The deal is a modified contract worth more than $17 million, and calls for repairs and sustainment of the High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Targeting System pod...
Raytheon awarded $260M contract for Tomahawk missiles
Nov 06, 2017 (UPI)
Pentagon officials announced the contract award late Friday, which modifies a December 2016 contract worth $303 million, which was for the procurement of 214 To...
Royal Canadian Air Force to buy air-to-air missiles from U.S.
Nov 01, 2017 (UPI)
Congress was notified of the possible $140 million sale on Tuesday, which includes the 32 AMRAAMs, as well as 18 AMRAAM Captive Air Training Missiles; four AMRA...
Indonesia orders NASAMS air defense system
Oct 31, 2017 (UPI)
The system is to be delivered under a $77 million contract between Kongsberg and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense includes command posts, radars, launchers an...
Iran says to continue developing ballistic missiles
Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)
"To defend our nation and territorial integrity, we will build all the weapons we will need," Hassan Rouhani told parliament in statements broadcast on state te...
Brazil orders man-portable air defense system from Saab
Oct 29, 2017 (UPI)
The RBS 70 system is in-service with the Brazilian Army. It is a man-portable system, which first came into service in the late 1970s. It has a range of nearly ...
Lithuania buys Norwegian air defence system amid Russia fears
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
The NASAMS medium-range air defence systems developed by Norway's Kongsberg will be the first such shield in the Baltic states and will cost 110 million euros (...
'How to survive a N. Korean missile' - in Japanese manga form
Oct 19, 2017 (AFP)
Officials on the northern island of Hokkaido, which has already had two missiles from North Korea fired over it, published the manga survival guide titled "In c...
Italy to receive additional AGM-88E guided missiles
Oct 18, 2017 (UPI)
Orbital ATK Inc., Defense Electronic Systems, out of Northridge, Ca., was awarded the contract, which was modified from a previous firm-fixed contract award for...
Lockheed Martin test of ATACMS missile system successful
Oct 11, 2017 (UPI)
The company announced on Wednesday that a flight test of the ATACMS modernization, a surface-to-surface missile with a range of over 100 miles, was conducted at...
State Department approves sale of AMRAAM missiles to Netherlands
Oct 11, 2017 (UPI)
The Netherlands has requested twenty-six AIM-120 C-7 AMRAAMs, made by Raytheon. The $53 million deal also includes one AMRAAM Guidance Section Spare, and 20 AMR...
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