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Raytheon receives U.S. Air Force AMRAAM contract
Sep 09, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $7.9 million contract in connection to testing of the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or ...
MEADS International, Poland's PGZ partner for missile deal
Sep 08, 2016 (UPI)
MEADS International has teamed with Poland's Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa to bid on the country's Wisla air defense program and related opportunities. The agreement...
Australian Navy getting anti-ship missile test capability
Sep 08, 2016 (UPI)
The Royal Australian Navy is to receive an improved anti-ship missile test capability from BAE Systems Australia. The BAE System, procured through a contract wo...
Lockheed delivers 2,000th JASSM to U.S. Air Force
Sep 06, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, to the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Tuesday. The 2,000t...
Security Council to meet after latest NKorea missile test
Sep 05, 2016 (AFP)
The UN Security Council will convene Tuesday to discuss North Korea after the isolated communist state test-fired three ballistic missiles into the sea as world...
Qatar orders coastal defense system from MBDA
Sep 02, 2016 (UPI)
Qatar's naval forces are to receive a coastal defense system from Europe's MBDA that will deploy both Marte extended-range and Exocet MM40 Block 3 missiles. The...
Raytheon gets $24 million for Tomahawk radio and antenna
Sep 02, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon Missile Systems has received a $24 million contract for radio and antenna work on the U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missile. The cost-plus-fixed fee delivery or...
Raytheon/Lockheed team gets $48 million foreign Javelin missile contract
Sep 01, 2016 (UPI)
The Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture has been awarded a $48 million foreign military sales contract for Javelin missile support and repair. The fi...
Javelin Joint Venture team inks deal with India's Tata Power Company
Aug 31, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin's Javelin Joint Venture team has signed a letter of intent with India's Tata Power Company to explore development of the Javelin mi...
Japan eyes record defence budget to develop anti-ship missiles
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
Japan's defence ministry requested a record budget on Wednesday, with funds for an anti-ship missile system to defend islands at the centre of a territorial dis...
China to boost air defenses?
Aug 29, 2016 (UPI)
The Chinese air force may increase the country's existing anti-missile capabilities, according to the official People's Daily Online. Shen Jinke, spokesman for ...
'Missile practice' caused deadly Taiwan misfire: prosecutors
Aug 29, 2016 (AFP)
An unsupervised Taiwanese naval officer who decided to experiment with a missile launcher and accidentally fired towards China was one of three people charged M...
Moscow's No-Fly Zones: Russia to Get New Long-Range Missile Interceptor
Aug 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
An advanced long-range missile interceptor is due to be put into service with the Russian Aerospace Forces in the near future, according to the Forces' Deputy C...
Iran releases images of new missile defence system
Aug 21, 2016 (AFP)
Iran released images of its first domestically built long-range missile defence system on Sunday, a project started when the country was under international san...
Raytheon manufactures launchers for Norwegian missile
Aug 18, 2016 (UPI)
Launchers for Kongsberg's Naval Strike Missile are to be built in the United States by Raytheon. The initial contract to produce the launchers ushers in U.S. ma...
Britain awards MBDA $239M for ASRAAM missiles for F-35s
Aug 16, 2016 (UPI)
Britain on Tuesday awarded a $239 million contract to missile maker MBDA to equip its new F-35 fighter jets with heat-seeking weaponry. The Advanced Short Range...
Beijing Installs Supersonic Missiles on South China Sea's Most Lethal Destroyer
Aug 15, 2016 (Sputnik)
The upgraded combat features on board the flagship of the South China Sea fleet impress Western defense analysts, as Beijing threatens to aggressively defend th...
Japan to develop missile as tensions with China mount: report
Aug 14, 2016 (AFP)
Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote southern islands, as tensions with China increase over the disput...
MDA orders ballistic missile targets
Aug 09, 2016 (UPI)
Medium-range ballistic target rockets are to be supplied to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency by Orbital ATK. The missiles, produced under the Ballistic Missile T...
S. Korea to deploy Taurus missiles this year
Aug 09, 2016 (UPI)
South Korea plans to deploy dozens of Taurus missiles on its F-15K fighters this year, the Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. The jamming-proof, air-to-ground...
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