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*USAF forms ABL test squadron
The US Air Force's 417th Flight Test Squadron (FTS) held a stand-up ceremony at the Birk Flight Test Facility on the South Base at Edwards...
13-Apr-2006
*US and Japan test SM-3 nosecone
An advanced clamshell nosecone design for the Raytheon SM-3 (Standard Missile 3) anti-ballistic missile was successfully tested off Hawaii on 8 March, writes David C...
11-Apr-2006
Multiple Kill Vehicle seeker begins testing
Lockheed Martin has begun tests of the first kill-vehicle pathfinder seeker for the US Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle System. The company's hardware-in-the-loop facility...
11-Apr-2006
CKEM subsystems complete ground tests
Two tests of hardware for the Lockheed Martin Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) have been successfully conducted. Both trials were major milestones in the CKEM...
11-Apr-2006
KEI fire-control system completes first test
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the first of two key Fiscal Year 2006 tests of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) battle management capability, known as...
11-Apr-2006
ATK teams with Boeing for SRBMD solution
Boeing has teamed with Alliant Techsystems (ATK) to offer a solution to the new Israeli Short-Range Ballistic Missile Defence (SRBMD) requirement. It is already teamed...
10-Apr-2006
Israel claims Arrow II can intercept all Iranian missiles
The Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)/Boeing Arrow II anti-tactical ballistic missile is currently capable of intercepting all Iranian conventional and nuclear-armed missiles, according to Israeli military...
06-Apr-2006
*MDA questions reliability of Ground-based Midcourse Defense interceptor components
Although the initial Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors deployed at Fort Greely, Alaska, and at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California, had undergone tests during...
06-Apr-2006
Two teams compete for Israeli SRBMD system contract
Two US-Israeli industry teams are competing for an Israeli Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract under the Short-Range Ballistic Missile Defence (SRBMD) programme. Intended to develop...
09-Mar-2006
*US tests GBI motor at simulated high altitude
The US Air Force (USAF) Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tennessee has successfully test fired an Orbus 1A solid-propellant rocket motor under simulated high-altitude...
07-Mar-2006
*Israel upgrades Green Pine
Israel is upgrading the Elta EL/M-2080 Green Pine multifunction phased-array radar used with its Arrow 2 anti-missile system, writes David C Isby. According to press...
17-Feb-2006
*ATK makes static firing of KEI second-stage rocket motor
The first static test firing of the second-stage rocket motor of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) took place on 17 January 2006 at the Alliant...
17-Feb-2006
Russian Space Forces test modular ABM radar
The Russian Space Forces (VKS) have begun tests of a new-generation ballistic missile early-warning radar. Described as being of modular design, the equipment is configured...
17-Feb-2006
*RNLN's Tromp will take part in US TBM test
Late in 2006, the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate Tromp will take part in a US test event that involves the launch...
17-Feb-2006
Turkey renews interest in missile defence
Turkey has revived its interest in procuring a long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that would be capable of defending against ballistic missiles, writes David C...
17-Feb-2006
*US Sea Based X-band Radar arrives at Pearl Harbor
The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) developed for the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) arrived in Hawaii on 9 January after its 24,000 km trip from...
17-Feb-2006
Russia tests modular ABM radar
The Russian Space Forces (VKS) have begun tests of a new-generation ballistic missile early-warning radar. Described as being of modular design, the equipment is configured...
02-Feb-2006
*US successfully launches GMD interceptor
An operationally configured Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) interceptor missile developed by Orbital Sciences was successfully launched on 14 December 2005 from the Ronald Reagan Test...
23-Jan-2006
US DoD funds JLENS aerostat SDD
The Raytheon Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) radar-carrying 70 m aerostat has received USD1.3 billion funding for its system development...
19-Jan-2006
BRIEFS - MDA awards airship contract
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors is to build and demonstrate the technical feasibility and military utility of a High Altitude Airship. Under a USD149.22...
19-Jan-2006
BRIEFS - Lockheed Martin updates BMDS
Under a USD307.99 million contract modification, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solutions is to develop, integrate and install the command, control, battle management and communications...
19-Jan-2006
*Israel clears Flight Guard
Israel's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has cleared the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Elta Systems Group Flight Guard System for use on passenger aircraft. In a...
17-Jan-2006
SBX ready for Pacific deployment
The US Missile Defense Agency's Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) has been loaded onto the heavy-lift vessel Blue Marlin to begin the journey to the Pacific...
15-Dec-2005
THAAD resumes flight testing
Lockheed Martin's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile has resumed development flight-testing. The first Block 04 round was successfully launched at the White Sands...
14-Dec-2005
*Standard Missile-3 destroys separating warhead
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system has successfully engaged a target whose warhead had separated from its booster rocket. The first Aegis BMD interception...
08-Dec-2005
*Arrow engages a simulated Shahab 3
Israel's Arrow weapon system has successfully engaged a target intended to simulate an Iranian Shahab 3 intermediate range ballistic missile. Conducted on 2 December 2005,...
07-Dec-2005
SBX completes sea trials
On 14 October 2005, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) returned to port in Corpus Christi, Texas, after a successful 52-day...
04-Nov-2005
Kwajalein to install fibre-optic datalink
By the end of 2006, cable laying will have begun in a project to link the US Pacific Missile Range at Kwajalein Atoll to the...
27-Oct-2005
Aegis tracks ballistic-missile targets
During trials conducted in early October 2005, the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully detected and tracked ballistic-missile targets. During the first test,...
27-Oct-2005
NATO expects three teams to bid for TBM
Three international industrial teams are expected to compete for the upcoming NATO Theatre Missile Defence Systems Engineering and Integration Contract. These will be headed by...
11-Oct-2005
THAAD to begin flight trials
Lockheed Martin hopes to fly the first development flight-test Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile in October 2005, writes Doug Richardson. Known as the...
04-Oct-2005
Boeing Airborne Laser team completes passive testing
The Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) team has completed the Low Power Systems Integration-Passive test of the prototype YAL-1A ABL aircraft. This included ground and flight...
19-Sep-2005
Japan orders more SM-3 hardware
Japan has requested a possible sale of nine Raytheon SM-3 Block IA Standard missiles. Officially reported to the US Congress on 29 June 2005, the...
10-Aug-2005
Review team reports on GMD programme
The Independent Review Team (IRT) set up by Lieutenant-General Obering, director of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), has recommended that the Ground-based Midcourse Defense...
05-Aug-2005
Improved warhead proposed for anti-missile applications
Raytheon has developed and patented a new form of kinetic-energy rod warhead intended for use against missiles whose payload may consist of biological warfare bomblets...
29-Jul-2005
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