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Raytheon, Kongsberg to bid for Navy missile contract
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The offering for the Navy's Over-the-Horizon program will be made prior to the June 23 deadline, Raytheon announced on Wednesday. The NSM is a long-range, preci...
IAI test fires new surface-to-surface missile
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
LORA, or long-range artillery weapon system, is made up of a tactical ground-to-ground missile with a range of nearly 249 miles and a precision range of 32 feet...
New SM-6 missile variant to begin at-sea testing
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The test on the SM-6 Block IA, conducted at a test site in southern New Mexico, involved the interceptor engaging and destroying a sub-sonic target. Raytheon sa...
Raytheon receives $618 million contract for SM-2 missiles
Jun 19, 2017 (UPI)
The contract supplies missiles and spares for the U.S. and allied navies, including Japan, Australia, the Netherlands and Korea. If options are exercised, the t...
Lockheed Martin receives MLRS rocket contract
Jun 16, 2017 (UPI)
The contract falls under foreign military sales and will deliver rockets to Finland, France, Germany and Singapore. The order includes 2,868 alternative warhead...
Raytheon receives contract for AIM-9X missiles
Jun 15, 2017 (UPI)
The contract modification will supply missiles to the Navy, Air Force, Romania, Poland, Indonesia, Romania and Belgium. The modification also provides for the p...
BAE awarded contract for laser-guided rocket system
Jun 12, 2017 (UPI)
"We're delivering ahead of schedule even with the growing demand," said Rachel Guill, director of Precision Guidance Solutions at BAE Systems, said in a press r...
French frigates getting cruise missiles
Jun 07, 2017 (UPI)
The missiles from MBDA entered service without fanfare in February, noted Mer et Marine, and are carried by the frigates Aquitaine and Provence. The FREMM friga...
Lockheed awarded contract for extended range air-to-surface missiles
Jun 02, 2017 (UPI)
The contractor will deliver 360 missiles, along with engineering and testing equipment. The work is to be performed in Orlando, Fla. The contract is a sole-sour...
Raytheon contracted for testing of joint standoff weapon
May 31, 2017 (UPI)
Fiscal 2016 and 2017 U.S. Navy research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $2.9 million have already been allocated for the program, $1.1 ...
Lockheed Martin drops out of over-the-horizon missile competition
May 26, 2017 (UPI)
"After long and careful consideration, Lockheed Martin has decided to withdraw from the U.S. Navy Over-the-Horizon Weapon System competition. As the current OTH...
Iran says it has built third underground missile factory
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
The announcement as US President Donald Trump makes a maiden foreign tour in which Saudi and Israeli concerns about Iran have loomed large is likely to stoke ne...
Successful test for Lockheed's modernized TACMs
May 23, 2017 (UPI)
The surface-to-surface TACMS missile flew about 149 miles to engage its target. The flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico confirmed that the mi...
Israel unveils new rocket system for special forces
May 22, 2017 (UPI)
The ACCULAR system was developed in response to the needs of special forces who may operate beyond the range of traditional artillery fire support. The system i...
IAI supplying missile systems to India
May 22, 2017 (UPI)
The order for additional LRSAM systems is worth $630 million and the first to involve BEL, the main contractor in a project that is part of the country's "Make ...
Israeli missile ship receives new radar
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
The radar system was delivered and installed by Israel Aerospace Industries, who will deliver two additional ALPHA radars by the end of the year, bringing the n...
Raytheon contracted for support of the MK-31 Rolling Airframe Missile
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
The program is meant to test reliability, along with maintenance, logistics, and software issues. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and Louisville, Ky. T...
China says it tested new missile in northeastern sea
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
The test in the Bohai Sea was conducted to "raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to national security," the m...
Purchase of S-400 From Russia 'Might Signal Turkey's Estrangement From NATO'
May 08, 2017 (Sputnik)
The Kremlin is ready to constructively discuss with Ankara those strategic issues which bring no damage to Russian interests, political scientist Gevorg Mirzaya...
Tokyo subway halt for 10 minutes over NKorea scare
Apr 29, 2017 (AFP)
It was the first time Tokyo Metro took such a step, following the adoption of new rules this month to stop trains and check for safety in response to news of an...
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