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MBDA continues British missile support
Oct 07, 2014 (UPI)
Infrastructure and in-service maintenance support for ASRAAM missiles carried by Royal Air Force fighters has been contracted from MBDA. Missile-maker MBDA, whi...
Nulka missile decoy system undergoing upgrade
Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)
A launch sub-system for the Nulka missile decoy deployed on Royal Australian Navy ships is to be upgraded by BAE Systems Australia. The country's Defense Materi...
UAE asks U.S. for $900M rocket artillery deal
Sep 30, 2014 (UPI)
The United Arab Emirates is requesting artillery rocket systems from the United States as it continues to strengthen its ground forces. The request for High Mob...
U.S. Navy eyes Norwegian missile
Sep 17, 2014 (UPI)
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace of Norway says it will fire its Naval Strike Missile from a U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship. The firing of the missile, requested b...
Raytheon announces full-rate production of Talon rocket
Sep 15, 2014 (UPI)
Raytheon's Talon laser-guided rocket has entered full-rate production for the United Arab Emirates under a 2013 order. Talon is a digital, semi-active laser gui...
China shows off new missile test on primetime television
Sep 11, 2014 (AFP)
China has unveiled its latest military hardware on primetime television, an advanced air defence system that reports said has a "high success rate" destroying i...
Software improvements to Tomahawk cruise missile demonstrated
Sep 09, 2014 (UPI)
Raytheon reports that software improvements to the Tomahawk cruise missile have been validated in testing by the U.S. Navy. The first test involved the submarin...
Diehl delivers 4,000th production IRIS-T missile to Sweden
Sep 09, 2014 (UPI)
The 4,000th production IRIS-T series missile from Dielh Defense of Germany has been delivered to the Swedish military, the company announced. The IRIS-T, or inf...
Turkey in talks with France over missile purchase: Erdogan
Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey has resumed talks with France on purchasing a new missile system after negotiations on a controversial deal with a US-blacklisted Chinese company hit a r...
Iran unveils new missile, radar systems
Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)
Iran unveiled a new surface-to-air missile Tuesday and two radar systems it said would improve its defences against "enemies". The military ceremony came just o...
N. Korea test-fires suspected missile into sea
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a short-range missile into the sea off its east coast Monday in the latest of a series of missile and rocket tests, m...
Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missile delivered to Navy
Aug 28, 2014 (UPI)
The first Block 2 variant of Raytheon's Rolling Airframe Missile for defense against airborne threats has been delivered to the U.S. Navy. The RAM Block 2, with...
Hypersonic weapon detonated after lift-off: US military
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
The US military had to detonate a hypersonic weapon seconds after lift-off Monday due to a technical problem, cutting short a flight test for the experimental p...
SM-6 missile undergoes follow-on testing
Aug 18, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's new Standard Missile-6 has demonstrated its capability to intercept low-altitude, slow-moving targets in a cluttered environment. Testing of the...
U.S. Navy, Italy receiving more AARGM missiles
Aug 15, 2014 (UPI)
ATK reports it will manufacture more Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for the U.S. Navy under a third full-rate production contract. The contract is valu...
Nearly all Gaza rockets self-made: Israeli army
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
The vast majority of rockets fired by Hamas at Israel over the past month were made in Gaza using civilian materials, a senior Israeli military official said Th...
Russia has violated arms treaty by testing cruise missile: US
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
The United States has found that Russia violated a 1987 arms control treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile, a senior US official said late Monday, ...
Russian-made missile key suspect in MH17 crash
Jul 18, 2014 (AFP)
A Russian-made surface-to-air missile is the most likely cause of the suspected downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, analysts said on Friday, as claim ...
Japan, Britain to launch joint missile research
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
Japan said Thursday it would join forces with Britain to jointly develop missile technology for fighter jets, while also moving to export Japanese-made parts fo...
Brazil interested in Russian air defenses: Rousseff
Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday that Brasilia was keen on obtaining air defenses from Moscow and cooper...
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