DARPA Awards Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Research Contract To Raytheon
Raytheon has won more than $174.7 million contract for a research project under the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program
India, Russia sign Deals For Kamov, S-400 ‘Triumf’, Stealth Vessels At Brics...
India has signed various defense deals with Russia at Brics summit 2016 today, including the one to buy US$5 billion worth S-400 Triumf anti aircraft weapon system. Russia will start supplying advanced anti-aircraft defense system S-400 Triumph from 2020 to India, according to an agreement signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Raytheon To Upgrade Netherlands' Patriot Missile System With Man Station User Interface
Raytheon has won a Netherlands contract to upgrade its Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system with the Modern Man Station user interface. “The Netherlands will continuously modernize Patriot as they intend to keep it in their inventory until at least 2040,” said Ralph Acaba, Raytheon vice president of Integrated Air...
Orbital ATK To Convert Italy's HARM To AARGM
Orbital ATK has won a $14.7 million contract for the conversion of Italys AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) into Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)
Air-To-Air Missile MICA Tested From Indian Mirage-2000 Jet Fighter
Indian Air Force has fired a long range air-to-air MICA missile from Mirage-2000 fighter jet on a manoeuvring target. The missile achieved a direct hit on a target which was much smaller than an actual aircraft and flying at a low altitude, several Indian media reported
Raytheon Standard Missile-6 Linked With F-35 Knocks Down Target In First Test
Raytheon Standard Missile-6 linked with an F-35 fighter has destroyed a medium-range, medium-altitude, subsonic target in the US Navys first flight test. The USS Desert Ship (LLS 1), a land-based US Navy Combat System equipped with the latest AEGIS Baseline, fired the SM-6, which intercepted the over-the-horizon target, out of sight of its operators
Russia Begins To Develop 5th Gen Air Defense Missile Systems
Russias Almaz-Antey Concern has started to develop the fifth-generation medium-range air defense missile system. The weapons manufacturer company has started the research and development activities (R&D) to create the fifth-generation medium-range air defense missile systems, a company official said Thursday at the Army 2016 Forum
Poland To Seek US Authorization To Buy Patriot Air And Missile Defense...
Poland will seek U.S
UK Awards $238 Million Contract To Buy ASRAAM Missiles To Equip F-35
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a £184 million contract to ensure the UKs new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will continue to be equipped with air-to-air missile. Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is a heat-seeking weapon which will give Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B Lightning II pilots, operating from land and the UKs two new aircraft carriers, the ability to defeat current and future air adversaries, the MoD said in a statement Tuesday
Raytheon To Provide Patriot Missile Technical Assistance To UAE
Raytheon has been awarded a Foreign Military Sales contract estimated $21 million to provide technical assistance for deployment of the PATRIOT missile system for UAE. “Raytheon Southeast Asia Systems Co
Taiwan’s Military To Implement New Missile Activation Procedure
Taiwan's Armed Forces have requested a top military research facility to come up with a safety measure which will be applied ahead of any missile launches in future following a deadly misfire incident occurred on July 1. A senior military source told the Central News Agency that the Defense Ministry had asked the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to come up with new safety mechanism before a missile could be launched
Israeli Patriot Missiles Miss Syrian Drone Intruded In Its Airspace
Israeli Defense Forces fired two Patriot missiles at a Syrian drone that crossed into its airspace but missed to hit the target. The missiles missed the drone which "returned to Syria" after the incident in the central Golan Heights, where the demarcation line between the two countries is located, the military was quoted as saying by AFP
U.S. Air Force Instructor Pilot Dies After T-6A Texan II Ejection Seat...
EDGE Signs $27M Deal with Indonesia's PT Pindad to Establish Ammunition Production...
Romania to Get 300 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II Missiles for its F-16...
New Upgraded Triton Anti-FPV Drone System Deployed by Russian Troops in Ukraine
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...