Missiles and Rockets 

*US describes its drone-attack policy
Details of how the United States conducts its campaign of air strikes from unmanned aerial vehicles have emerged in a speech by John Brennan, ...
16-May-2012
Lockheed Martin demos DAGR against moving targets
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) precision-guided weapon against a moving ground target during firing trials from a US Army ...
11-May-2012
Russian SSBNs head towards service
The Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky , second unit of the Project 955 Borey class, will carry out two test launches...
27-Apr-2012
AARGM tests show high lethality, says USN
Testing conducted against simulated enemy air defences has demonstrated the lethality of the ATK AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), Rear Admiral William Shannon, ...
26-Apr-2012
F-35 completes 'pit drop' ordnance tests
The Raytheon Paveway IV guided bomb has been successfully released from the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter as part of a ...
26-Apr-2012
Super Hornet demonstrates distributed targeting capability
Boeing and the US Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The ...
25-Apr-2012
APKWS sees action in Afghanistan
The BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) semi-active laser guidance kit for the 2.75-inch Hydra 70 rocket has been used in combat ...
23-Apr-2012
Israel considers air-launched EXTRA
According to reports in the Israeli press, the planned air-launched version of the Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) 306 mm EXTRA (EXTended RAnge) tactical rocket ...
02-Apr-2012
*Slovaks destroy ageing missiles and rockets
A specialised team of Slovak Air Force (SAF) technicians destroyed a large number of obsolete air-to-surface munitions during a six-week operation that ended on ...
02-Apr-2012
Israel's Whip Shot is a modified anti-tank missile
The Israeli Military Industries (IMI) Whip Shot air-to-surface missile (ASM), publicly revealed for the first time at the Singapore Air Show in February, uses ...
02-Apr-2012
*Snyper-armed UAV will carry Mokopa missiles
Denel Dynamics is conducting trials of a newly developed armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designated Snyper. The system combines the Seeker 400 UAV airframe ...
02-Apr-2012
*IMI upgrades 500 lb 'bunker buster'
Israel Military Industries (IMI) has upgraded its 500 lb Multi Purpose Rigid Bomb (MPR 500), enabling it to penetrate 1 m of reinforced concrete ...
26-Mar-2012
*USMC completes testing of APKWS 'smart' rocket
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has completed the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation phase of the BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) ...
21-Mar-2012
*MBDA delivers the 500th Dual-Mode Brimstone missile
MBDA has delivered the 500th Dual-Mode Brimstone missile from its Lostock factory in England. The handover ceremony was attended by UK Minister for Defence ...
02-Mar-2012
*Griffin tested in surface-to-surface role
The US Army has demonstrated the ability of its Griffin B air-to-surface missile to engage a small target, Raytheon announced on 14 February. During ...
01-Mar-2012
Derringer door debuts on Harvest HAWK
The US Marine Corps (USMC) received in February its first KC-130J Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (Harvest HAWK) aircraft to be fitted with a ...
29-Feb-2012
Raytheon resumes production of laser-guided Maverick
Raytheon has formally restarted production of the laser-guided Maverick missile, the company announced on 13 February. Production follows a US Air Force (USAF) and ...
28-Feb-2012
JSOW-ER warhead and fuze successfully tested
Raytheon has conducted the first test of the warhead and fuze for the Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range (JSOW-ER). The test was carried out ...
27-Feb-2012
APKWS guided rocket makes first fixed-wing launch
The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) semi-active laser-guided version of the Hydra 70-mm rocket has been successfully tested from a fixed-wing aircraft, BAE ...
27-Feb-2012
*B-1 cleared to deliver BLU-129
The US Air Force's 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) has successfully tested the compatibility of a BLU-129 with a B-1 Lancer bomber aircraft ...
23-Feb-2012
AARGM faces operationally realistic tests
Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) of the Alliant Techsystems AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) has begun for the second time, the office ...
26-Jan-2012
Laser JDAM gets sapphire lens
First results from trials of Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) 'smart' bombs fitted with a new pattern of sensor lens have been satisfactory, ...
26-Jan-2012
Laser Maverick completes developmental and operational testing
The US Navy (USN) has completed developmental and operational testing of the latest-variant Raytheon AGM-65E2/L laser-guided Maverick air-to-surface missile, the company announced on 24 ...
26-Jan-2012
DOT&E questions USAF's stance on electronic fuze programme
The office of the US Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has expressed concerns about the US Air Force's (USAF's) decision not to ...
25-Jan-2012
*US Navy completes developmental testing of latest variant JSOW munition
The US Navy (USN) has successfully completed developmental testing of the C-1 variant of the Raytheon AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), the Naval Air ...
25-Jan-2012
South Korea plans to order PGMs and cruise missiles
South Korea has announced current or potential procurement programmes for a number of air-to-surface precision guided munitions, according to local media. These weapons will...
11-Jan-2012
Laser Mavericks complete operational testing
Operational testing (OT) of the Raytheon AGM-65E2 and AGM-65L laser-guided versions of the Maverick air-to-surface missile (ASM) by the US Air Force has been ...
10-Jan-2012
*MBDA Inc buys Northrop Grumman's Viper Strike business
MBDA Inc, the US subsidiary of pan-European company MBDA, has purchased Northrop Grumman Corporation's Viper Strike munitions business, the company announced on 12 December ...
10-Jan-2012
South Korea confirms SLAM-ER malfunction
A Boeing AGM-84H SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response) malfunctioned, falling into the Yellow Sea (West Sea), when launched from an F-15K ...
04-Jan-2012
Lockheed Martin's JAGM Seeker Cooling System Completes Testing
Lockheed Martin has completed testing of a pneumatic cooling system (PCS) for the tri-mode seeker on its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), a company official ...
21-Dec-2011
Raytheon initiates SDB II captive flight testing
Raytheon has completed a series of captive flight tests with the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II tri-mode seeker to demonstrate moving target acquisition and tracking....
14-Dec-2011
*SDB II sails through tri-mode seeker tests
Raytheon has completed a series of tests that demonstrate the integration of tri-mode seeker hardware and software in its developmental GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II...
02-Dec-2011
*Adcom unveils Namrod missile at Dubai show
Adcom Systems, the Abu Dhabi-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) design and development house, is preparing to test Namrod, a lightweight, stand-off precision-guided munition that ...
29-Nov-2011
*ATK wins a third low-rate initial production contract for AARGM
ATK has been awarded a USD54.4 million contract by the US Navy (USN) for a third set of low-rate initial production (LRIP) AGM-88E Advanced ...
29-Nov-2011
*Pakistan acquires air-launched SOM capability
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officials have disclosed the existence of a new Chinese-developed air-to-surface Stand-Off Missile (SOM) that will equip the PAF's JF-17 Thunder ...
28-Nov-2011