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First Radar Antenna for US Army’s LTAMDS to defeat Hypersonic Threats Built...

February 22, 2020 @ 07:45 AM

Raytheon has announced that it has finished building the first radar antenna array for the US Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, a next-generation radar that will defeat advanced threats like hypersonic weapons. The newly built primary array, similar in size to the Patriot radar array, will provide more than twice its performance, the company said in a
Russia Working on Anti-Hypersonic Missile Defence System

February 14, 2020 @ 09:14 AM

A new multipurpose missile system mounted on a MiG-31 long range interceptor jet which will be capable of intercepting hypersonic weapons, is being planned by the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD). Studies have commenced on a super long-range air-to-air missile with a splitting warhead, and work is currently underway to determine the characteristics and composition of the prospective system
New Hypersonic Missile Makes Russian Pantsyr-S More Lethal

January 29, 2020 @ 10:53 AM

Russias Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile-gun system has been equipped with a new Mach 5 hypersonic missile making its substantially more lethal than systems having only subsonic missiles. “The new missile approaches the target more quickly, which increases the systems rate of fire because the firing channel is freed faster,” Chief Designer for Air Defense Systems at the Shipunov Design Bureau Valery Slugin told TASS today
Lockheed To Develop Ground-launched Hypersonic Missile for DARPA

January 17, 2020 @ 09:11 AM

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $31.9 million contract to develop a ground-launched, mobile, hypersonic missile system
Hypersonic Missiles to Give Russia Lead in Global Missile Race

December 26, 2019 @ 07:17 AM

Russias new hypersonic cruise missiles-the ‘Tsirkon land and sea-launched versions besides the ‘Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missiles will give Moscow a lead over the United States in next generation missiles. The claim was part of President Vladimir Putins statement at a meeting with the top military brass on Tuesday in which latest Russian developments in missile technology were detailed
Project 20385 Lead Corvette Enters State Trials

December 7, 2019 @ 05:01 AM

Russia's Project 20385 lead corvette "Gremyashchiy," has entered the White Sea for state trials. "The Project 20385 lead corvette Gremyashchiy armed with Kalibr cruise missiles has entered the White Sea for state trials
Northrop To Setup Satellite System to Track Advanced Missile Threats

December 3, 2019 @ 05:31 AM

Northrop Grumman has been selected to set up a satellite system to track advanced missile threats under Missile Defense Agencys (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. “Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected as one of four Other Transaction Authority awards for the Phase IIa Prototype Payload Design and Signal-chain Processing Demonstration of the MDAs HBTSS program,” Northrop said in a
Pentagon Awards Lockheed $989M Hypersonic Weapon Contract

December 3, 2019 @ 04:54 AM

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract worth $989 million to develop a hypersonic weapon named Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), for the United States Air Force (USAF). The deal, announced Monday, includes ARRW critical design review, test and production readiness support
China Developing New Waverider Hypersonic Vehicle

December 2, 2019 @ 08:09 AM

Chinas “Xingkong-2” currently undergoing trials, is the countrys first waverider hypersonic vehicle with its development starting a year prior to the DF-17. Enumerating differences between the DF-17 and the Xingkong-2 (Starry Sky-2), Ma Jun, a military expert, told state-run CCTV that the latter "might use a different flight pattern to the DF-17
MBDA Plans Interceptor Missile to rival US's Patriot, Russian S-400

November 14, 2019 @ 09:44 AM

European missile consortium MBDA has indicated plans to build an interceptor missile system that will counter ballistic, cruise missile as well as latest generation fighter jets. MBDA decided to move ahead with the program following the greenlighting of the TWISTER (Timely Warning and Interception with Space-based TheatER surveillance) project, by the Council of the European Union, last week

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