BAE Systems Delivers Final Nulka Active Missile Decoy System
The final Nulka active missile decoy produced under a contract with BAE Systems Australia has been delivered, Australian ministry announced today. Australias minister for defense industry Christopher Pyne said the final assembly of the decoys was completed at Defences Mulwala munitions factory in regional New South Wales
Iran Fails In Missile Launch Test From Submarine: US Officials
Iran made an unsuccessful missile launch attempt from a submarine early Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Defense officials said. The Yono-class submarine attempted to launch a cruise missile but failed, the military official was quoted as saying by VOA on Wednesday
Russia Bets On Turkey As Next Big Arms Customer
Russia will showcase 240 pieces of Russian military equipment, including the Arena-E active protection system, Kornet-E antitank missile system at the International Defense Industry Fair IDEF'17 that will be held in Istanbul on May 9-12. A joint Russian display will be organized at the International Defense Industry Fair, IDEF'17, state Arms...
Boeing Takes Out Harpoon Missile From US Navy Over-The-Horizon Missile Competition
Boeing has withdrawn an upgraded variant of its RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile from the competition to field an over-the-horizon (OTH) cruise missile for US Navys littoral combat ships (LCS) and frigates. Boeings decision to withdraw from the competition was because of the US Navys continuing requirements changes in Request for...
Swedish Armed Forces Orders Additional Anti-ship Missiles From Saab
Saab has been awarded SEK 500 million (US$ 56m) contract from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to provide additional anti-ship missiles. Deliveries will begin in the mid-2020s
Boeing To Provide Support Services For Taiwan Navy’s Perry-class ship Harpoon Missiles...
Boeing has been awarded a foreign military sales contract worth $11 million to provide for reconfiguration, integrated logistics support (ILS) and training services for harpoon missile on a Taiwan Navys Perry-class ship. “The Boeing Co
Iranian Navy Gets New Anti-ship Cruise Missile ‘Nasir’
Iranian Navy received a first unit of new anti-ship missile on Saturday, state-run media reported. Called Nasir, the cruise missiles range or the size of its warhead were not mentioned in the Press TV report on Saturday but it said that it can only be fired from land or ship-based launchers
UK Awards $690 Million Three Missile Contracts To MBDA
UKs Ministry of Defense (MoD) has awarded three new missile contracts worth £539 million ($690 million) for Meteor, Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) and Sea Viper missile systems from MBDA. Secretary of State, Sir Michael Fallon, said “This substantial investment in missile systems is vital in protecting our ships and planes from the most complex global threats as our Armed Forces keep the UK safe, UK MoD said in a statement Friday
Sweden Allocates Additional $55M To Strengthen Armed Forces’ Defence
Swedish government has proposed extra funding of SEK 500 million (USD 55 million) in its spring budget to the Swedish Armed Forces and Swedens total defence capability in 2017. In the spring amending budget, the Government has proposed additional funding of SEK 405 million to the Swedish Armed Forces, ministry announced Tuesday
Raytheon Awarded SM Guided Missile Development Support Contract
Raytheon has been awarded a $113 million contract from the US Navy to provide engineering and technical services for Standard Missile (SM) shipborne guided missile in version 2, 3, and 6. “Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $113,185,103 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-17-C-5410) for Standard Missile engineering and technical services for Navy, other government agencies, and foreign military sales for fiscal years 2017 through 2021,” the US Department of Defense announced Monday
Serbia Interested In Russian S-300 Missile Systems
Serbia has begun talks with Russia and Belarus over the purchase of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic told reporters Sunday that he seeks to buy two divisions of the Russian-made S-300 anti-air missile system, saying that negotiations are underway both with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko
Russia’s New ‘Tsirkon’ Hypersonic Missile Surpasses Max Speed
Russias newest Tsirkon 3M22 hypersonic anti-ship missile reached eight times the speed of sound during the test launch on Saturday, Russian media reported. "During the tests of the missile it was confirmed that its speed on the march reaches eight Mach,” the source told
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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...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...