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Missiles fired from Lebanon trigger Israel shelling: army
Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)
Two missiles fired from southern Lebanon exploded Sunday in northern Israel, prompting the Israeli military to hit back with three artillery shells, an army spo...
Raytheon awarded $80.5 million from US Navy for Joint Standoff Weapon
Dec 28, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has received an $80.5 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 200 full rate production Lot 10 AGM...
Diehl-Raytheon Missile Systeme GmbH captures $30 million international Sidewinder missile sale
Dec 25, 2013 (SPX)
Diehl-Raytheon Missile Systeme (DRM) GmbH was awarded a contract of more than $30 million for the sale of AIM-9L/I-1 tactical Sidewinder missiles, training miss...
Merrill Lynch rejects Turkey role over China missile plans: report
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
US investment banking giant Merrill Lynch has rejected a role as advisor to a major Turkish defence contractor because of the Turkey's plans to buy missiles fro...
US to cut funding on Turkish Chinese-missile purchase
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
The US Congress is set to adopt a law next week forbidding Turkey from using American funds to acquire a $4 billion missile system from a Chinese company blackl...
Kongsberg seals Penguin missile deal with New Zealand
Dec 06, 2013 (UPI)
Kongsberg has signed a contract with the New Zealand Defense Force for an undisclosed number of Penguin Mk 2 Mod 7 anti-ship missiles and associated equipment. ...
Turkey says no new bids to rival China missile offer
Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey has yet to receive any new bids to supply a new missile system to rival a controversial multi-billion dollar offer by a US-blacklisted Chinese company, a...
US Navy deploys Standard Missile-6 for first time
Dec 04, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy is deploying Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 for the first time, marking the initial operational capability milestone for the U.S. Navy's newest, mo...
Raytheon Delivers High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile Control Units
Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has delivered the first order of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modification (HCSM) upgrade units to the U.S. Air Force earli...
Javelin Joint Venture awarded contract for Javelin Weapon System
Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture received a $176 million contract for the production and delivery of 842 Block I Javelin missile rounds and 12...
Israel tests short range missile defence system
Nov 20, 2013 (AFP)
Israeli and US defence officials on Wednesday carried out an advanced test of a new system against short-range missiles, the defence ministry said. The defence ...
Russia and Egypt on verge of missile deal: Moscow
Nov 18, 2013 (AFP)
The head of Russia's state industrial holding company said on Monday that Moscow was on the verge of reaching a landmark agreement to deliver air defence system...
Lockheed Martin Conducts Second Successful LRASM Flight Test
Nov 18, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) recently achieved another successful flight test, with the missile scoring a direct hit on a moving marit...
Iran starts producing new missile system
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
Iran's Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan on Saturday inaugurated the production line of an anti-missile system dubbed the Sayyad-2 ((Hunter 2), media reported. "I...
Turkey hopes to finalise China missile purchase in six months
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
Turkey is hoping to finalise negotiations to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system from China in six months' time, the head of the country's procurem...
Japan military drills missiles on Pacific gateway
Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese soldiers practised surface-to-ship missile drills Monday on an island at the gateway to the Pacific, as part of a huge military exercise that has unset...
Lockheed Martin, MDA anbd Navy Demonstrate Ashore Missile Defense System
Nov 06, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency celebrated the official "light off" of the Aegis Ashore system for Romania on Oct. 24., representi...
Turkey, US hold talks on China missile deal
Nov 02, 2013 (AFP)
A senior US defence official has held talks in Turkey, the embassy said Saturday, after Washington expressed "serious concerns" about Ankara's plans to acquire ...
Standard Missile-3 IIA completes Critical Design Review
Nov 01, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon and its Japanese partner, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have completed the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile Critical Design Review (CD...
Outside View: NATO needs to talk Turkey
Oct 29, 2013 (UPI)
It is time to "talk turkey" about Turkey's role in NATO. Despite U.S. President Barack Obama's "good friendship" with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoga...
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