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*Astra air-to-air missile begins carry trials
Carry trials of the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile under the wing of an Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI fighter have begun, the Indian newspaper The...
03-Nov-2009
Saudi Arabia becomes latest IRIS-T export customer
Saudi Arabia has become the third export customer for the Diehl BGT Defence IRIS-T air-to-air missile. However, the company made little comment on the ...
29-Sep-2009
Russia answers charges of low RVV-AE reliability
Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation (TMC) has reacted to reports in the Indian press that nearly half of the RVV-AE air-to-air missiles procured by the ...
04-Sep-2009
*Russian reworked air-to-air missiles offer new capabilities
Vympel, part of Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation (TMC), displayed two new air-to-air missile developments at the MAKS 2009 aerospace exhibition, at Zhukovsky near Moscow, ...
04-Sep-2009
Bahrain requests AIM-120C-7
Bahrain has requested the sale of 25 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), missile containers, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications ...
29-Jul-2009
JDRADM review planned for FY10
The US Air Force's (USAF's) planned Joint Dual-Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) is to have its requirement validated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
24-Jul-2009
*Improved PL-5 uses two-colour seeker
China is offering a new PL-5EII air-to-air missile with a two-colour multi-element infrared (IR) seeker. According to a leaflet released by the Aviation Industry Corporation...
03-Jul-2009
Agat plans phased-array missile seekers
The Moscow-based Agat Research Institute is working on missile seekers with electronically scanned phased-array antennas, General Designer Josif Akopian told Jane's at the Paris...
29-Jun-2009
US Navy plans AMRAAM HWIL simulator
The US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, California, intends to procure a Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) simulation system for the ...
01-May-2009
Typhoon sensor/shooter team engages target drone
An AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) has been successfully launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon operating in 'radar-silent' mode using target data from a ...
01-May-2009
*RAAF fires ASRAAM in over-the-shoulder mode
The Air Combat Group (ACG) of the Royal Australian Air Force has successfully carried out the first in-service lock-on-after-launch (LOAL) firing of an MBDA ...
06-Apr-2009
Saudi Arabia selects AIM-9X Sidewinder
Saudi Arabia is to procure an undisclosed quantity of AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles for use on its F-15 fighter aircraft, becoming the tenth country to ...
06-Apr-2009
IDEX 2009: UAE strikes deal to purchase C-7 variant AMRAAM
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to become the Gulf region's first user of the AIM-120C-7 version of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). ...
02-Mar-2009
*Denel tests A-Darter missile and seeker
Denel Dynamics conducted a key set of trials of the new A-Darter air-to-air missile (AAM) at the Overberg Test Range, southeast of Cape Town, ...
27-Feb-2009
*UK cuts Meteor purchase to minimum, delays ISD
Procurement of the MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) for the UK's Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft is to be reduced to a ...
05-Jan-2009
Iran tests new IR-guided air-to-air missile
Iran has developed and successfully test-fired an infrared (IR) homing air-to-air missile. At a press conference in Tehran on 1 December, Iran's air force commander,...
23-Dec-2008
Russia claims nine foreign users of RVV-AE missile
Researchers at Russia's Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) have identified five hitherto unknown customers for the Tactical Missiles Corporation's R-77/RVV-AE (AA-12 ...
19-Dec-2008
USN fighters test AIM-120C-7 and AIM-9X
Two US Navy (USN) Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters from VFA-143 squadron successfully fired an AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and an AIM-9X ...
03-Nov-2008
*Ukrainians present new AAM seekers
New seekers for air-to-air missiles (AAMs) were presented at Ukraine's biennial AviaSvit (Aviation World) aerospace exposition held on 25-29 September. The Kiev-based Arsenal Design...
03-Nov-2008
USAF orders further AMRAAM motors from Raytheon
The US Air Force (USAF) announced on 20 October that it is modifying an existing cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with Raytheon Missile Systems to cover an ...
24-Oct-2008
*Astra demonstrates mid-course guidance
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted two flight tests of the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile on 13 and 14 September. Conducted...
06-Oct-2008
Saudi Arabia requests AIM-9X
Saudi Arabia has requested the acquisition of 250 all-up-round Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles, 84 AIM-9X captive air training missiles, and 12 AIM-9X ...
03-Oct-2008
US Navy Growler completes first AIM-120 AMRAAM firing
The US Navy (USN) announced on 31 July that the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare (EW) aircraft has conducted its first live firing of ...
04-Aug-2008
Raytheon delivers 3,000th AIM-9X missile
Raytheon announced the delivery of the 3,000th AIM-9X short-range air-to-air missile on 8 July. "The 3,000th delivery is yet another measure that the AIM-9X ...
30-Jul-2008
AGAT installs anechoic chamber to test seekers, radomes
The Moscow-based AGAT Research Institute has installed an anechoic chamber for the testing of radar seekers and radomes, General Designer Josif Akopian told Jane's...
29-Jul-2008
ATK, RUAG team for AIM-9P Sidewinder upgrades
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and RUAG Aerospace have signed a teaming agreement to provide full-service and upgrade support for the AIM-9P-3/4/5 Sidewinder family of infrared-guided ...
28-Jul-2008
*Georgian UAV was shot down by Russian fighter, says UN
A fact-finding team (FTT) set up to investigate the downing of a Georgian Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the disputed area of ...
30-May-2008
Fire destroys Russian missile depot's stocks
A fire that broke out at the Lodeynoe Pole weapons depot near St Petersburg on 23 May destroyed all of the 410 air-to-air missiles ...
30-May-2008
*Georgia accuses Russia of shooting down UAV
Georgia has accused Russia of shooting down one of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), writes Doug Richardson. "On 20 April, a Russian MiG-29 fighter ...
30-Apr-2008
*Fifth Meteor firing results in successful interception
The first guided MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile successfully intercepted a target at the Vidsel Missile Test Range in Sweden on 6 March. Rail-launched...
07-Apr-2008
*Rafael develops wide-angle nose dome for IR-guided missiles
Rafael Advanced Defence Systems has created experimental missile hardware in which a nose-mounted infrared (IR) seeker can track targets at angles of more than ...
07-Apr-2008
USAF's Kunsan squadron receives AIM-9X-capable F-16s
The US Air Force's (USAF's) 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron, based at Kunsan Airbase in the Republic of Korea, was re-equipped in January 2008 with ...
02-Apr-2008
*Akash 'ready for induction into IAF service'
India's Akash surface-to-air missile system is ready to enter Indian Air Force (IAF) service, according to Dr Prahlada, chief controller (R&D) of India's Defence ...
03-Mar-2008
USN Rampagers fire AIM-9X at drone
A Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile fired by an F/A-18C Hornet from the US Navy's (USN's) 'Rampagers' Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-83 has been ...
29-Feb-2008
Italian police find Greek training rounds in fruit shipment
Italian police found two inert training rounds for the United States-built Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile in a shipment of oranges from ...
25-Feb-2008
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