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*JASSM shows 94 per cent reliability in Lot 7 flight-tests
The Lockheed Martin AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) has successfully completed Lot 7 Reliability Assessment Program flight-tests, the company announced on 26 October. ...
02-Nov-2009
*AGM-114R scores a hit on its first flight
Lockheed Martin has conducted the first flight test of its new multi-purpose AGM-114R Hellfire II missile. Conducted at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, ...
02-Nov-2009
*Third-generation S-125-2M Pechora-2M offers major boost in performance
The Oboronitelniye Sistemi (Defence Systems) Russian-Belarus joint venture (JV) is continuing to develop and improve its S-125-2M upgrade programme for the S-125 Pechora (SA-3 ...
02-Nov-2009
ASMP-A enters French Air Force service
The French Air Force formally announced on 1 October that the nuclear-armed ASMP-A (Air-Sol Moyenne Portée-Amélioré) medium-range air-to-surface missile had became operational. The announcement...
02-Nov-2009
Boeing signs Laser JDAM FMS contracts
Boeing has signed Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts with the US government to provide Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) to two unidentified international ...
30-Oct-2009
MOP penetrator bomb could be deploying in coming months
The US Air Force's 30,000 lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bomb should be deployable "in the coming months", Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell stated ...
26-Oct-2009
Boeing SDB II completes risk-reduction programme
The Boeing GBU-40 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II has concluded its risk-reduction programme with a successful engagement of a ground target, the company announced ...
15-Oct-2009
Talon LGR completes first guided test-flights
Raytheon and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) have completed the first guided test-flights of the Talon Laser-Guided Rocket (LGR). Fired at the Yuma Proving ...
05-Oct-2009
Australia receives its first JSOW-C
Raytheon has delivered the first AGM-145C Joint Standoff Weapon C (JSOW-C) to Australia for use on the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF's) F/A-18F Hornet ...
05-Oct-2009
100th SLAM-ER missile launch strikes ground target
An F/A-18C Hornet fighter has made the 100th launch of the Boeing AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missile during a sortie ...
05-Oct-2009
Raytheon completes SDB II risk-reduction programme
Raytheon has completed flight testing of the datalink of the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II. This was the final part of the testing ...
05-Oct-2009
Former JCM team prepares to begin JAGM demonstration flights
Lockheed Martin is half-way through a demonstration programme for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) to develop a weapon to replace the current BGM-71 TOW ...
05-Oct-2009
*Moog FTS develops glide bomb for anti-insurgency role
Moog FTS displayed its new mini-Talon smart glide bomb at the recent Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition in London. The smallest member...
05-Oct-2009
AGM-114R and launcher progress towards deployment
An upgraded version of the US Army's Lockheed Martin Hellfire anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), completed a critical design review (CDR) on 1-3 September, the ...
05-Oct-2009
*Ferranti Technologies offers GATR to UK MoD
Ferranti Technologies is offering the ATK/Elbit Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) as a low-cost precision air- or ...
05-Oct-2009
AGM-65E2 begins developmental tests
The Raytheon upgraded laser-guided AGM-65E2 Maverick air-to-surface missile has started developmental testing, the company announced on 14 September. The laser-guided Maverick was first used...
29-Sep-2009
Russian Hermes missile to start flight-tests in 2010
The long-running development programme for the Hermes tactical missile by the Russian Tula KBP (Konstruktorskoye Byuro Priborostroyeniya) Instrument Design Bureau has progressed to the ...
29-Sep-2009
ATK anticipates AARGM LRIP 2 contract
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) is currently negotiating an agreement to provide a second low-rate initial production (LRIP 2) batch of AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles ...
29-Sep-2009
*Improved Kh-59MK2 uses terrain-matching guidance
The new Kh-59MK2 version of the Raduga Kh-59M Ovod-M (AS-18 'Kazoo') family of air-launched missiles is virtually identical in shape and dimensions to the ...
07-Sep-2009
AARGM missiles complete developmental testing after successful strike
The US Navy (USN), Italian Air Force and contractor Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have completed developmental testing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). ...
07-Sep-2009
*Strike UAVs play major role in Afghanistan
Combat operations in Afghanistan during the month of August showed the current scale of strike operations by armed MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9A Reaper unmanned ...
04-Sep-2009
*GPS-guided Viper Strike ready for combat
Northrop Grumman's MQ-5B Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed testing of the new GPS-guided Viper Strike (GPS VS) weapons system at White ...
04-Sep-2009
Boeing modifies SLAM-ER to attack moving targets
Boeing has modified the AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) to engage high-value land-based moving targets (LMTs) such as missile launchers and ...
04-Sep-2009
*Lockheed Martin unveils strap-down SAL seeker
Lockheed Martin has patented a strap-down semi-active laser (SAL) seeker based on a low-cost optical element to eliminate the gimbal system generally used by...
04-Sep-2009
MOP test fit confirms B-2 compatibility
Teams from the US Air Force (USAF), Northrop Grumman and Boeing-led weapon contractors have verified that the 30,000 lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) guided ...
03-Aug-2009
*Serbia offers a boost to Mi-8/-17 firepower
A new Yugoimport SDPR modernisation scheme for Mi-8/-17 'Hip' helicopters could include the installation of unguided rocket launchers, small anti-tank missiles and other air-to-ground ...
31-Jul-2009
Brazil releases more details of SMK bomb kit
More details have appeared in the Brazilian press on the indigenous Acauan (Falcon) SMK (Smart Kit) bomb guidance kit first exhibited at the Latin ...
28-Jul-2009
US Navy studies variable-yield bomb
On 13 July, the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) released a broad agency announcement to solicit proposals for the Selectable Output ...
27-Jul-2009
USAF plans destruction of stealth cruise missile hardware
The US Air Force (USAF) is planning a programme to dispose of hardware resulting from a programme to dismantle its stocks of Raytheon AGM-129 ...
27-Jul-2009
Little Bird conducts live-fire DAGR tests
Lockheed Martin and Boeing have successfully fired the Direct-Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) system from an AH-6 Little Bird light attack helicopter, it was announced ...
17-Jul-2009
*Spanish Hornet tests integration of Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile
The Spanish Air Force has conducted integration trials of the Taurus KEPD (Kinetic Energy Penetrator and Destroyer) 350 cruise missile on its EF-18A+ (C.15) ...
17-Jul-2009
Raytheon prepares for SDB II critical design review
Raytheon has already begun work to prepare for a critical design review (CDR) of its GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) Increment II design, said ...
08-Jul-2009
Thales studies use of LMM on Future Lynx
Thales Air Defence is working under an assessment-phase contract to investigate the use of its Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) on the Future Lynx helicopter. ...
07-Jul-2009
MBDA fires guided Zuni rocket
MBDA Inc has conducted a successful demonstration of a semi-active laser-guided Zuni rocket at the US Navy's test facilities at China Lake, California, the ...
06-Jul-2009
JSOW-C1 demonstrates networked capability
Raytheon's AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon C1 (JSOW-C1) has demonstrated its ability to function as a node on a network by using its Rockwell Collins ...
06-Jul-2009
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