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Cover Story
Lockheed Martin plans to speed up production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system following the go-ahead for a sale to the...
10-Jan-2012
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Nuclear triad lives on, Prompt Global Strike resurrected
The US nuclear 'triad' of nuclear-armed submarines, nuclear-capable strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) will remain untouched in the Pentagon's Fiscal Year ...
27-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
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
*IAI and Boeing to broaden Arrow co-operation
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Boeing have expanded their agreement to work together on the development of the Arrow weapon system (AWS).
27-Jan-2012
Boeing builds GPS satellites on airliner-style production line
Boeing has accelerated the assembly of Global Positioning System IIF satellites by using a pulse-line manufacturing approach adapted from the Boeing 737 airliner production ...
27-Jan-2012
Sagem Sigma 30 ordered for M270 upgrade
Sagem is to supply Sigma 30 land-navigation and pointing systems for the modernisation of the M270 MARS Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) self-propelled artillery ...
27-Jan-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
AIM-9X Block II will face 'ambitious' test schedule
The programme of live-fire events required before the new Raytheon AIM-9X Block II air-to-air missile begins its Operational Evaluation Test Readiness Review (OTTR) in ...
25-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
AIM-120D 'needs fixes to known technical deficiencies'
The programme office responsible for the AIM-120D version of the Raytheon Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) should produce adequate solutions to the weapon's known ...
25-Jan-2012
DOT&E criticises US Navy ship self-defence capabilities
A classified report to the US Congress on the US Navy (USN) ship self-defence mission drew attention to performance and reliability deficiencies, the Office ...
25-Jan-2012
China conducts Julang-2 SLBM firings
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence has confirmed that the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) test-fired a number of Julang-2 (JL-2) submarine-launched ballistic missiles ...
20-Jan-2012
*Pentagon calls time on airborne laser experiment
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has decided to end development of the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB). A Boeing spokeswoman told Jane's...
04-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
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
*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
*Lockheed Martin to speed THAAD production following UAE order
Lockheed Martin plans to speed up production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system following the go-ahead for a sale to the ...
10-Jan-2012
Russia takes delivery of Tornado-G rocket
The guided Tornado-G 300 mm rocket - intended to be fired from the BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher (MRL) - has been delivered to ...
10-Jan-2012
ESM system offered for air-defence role
Spec-Radio, a joint venture company from Belgorod, Russia, has developed a new electronic support measures (ESM) system for air-defence applications. Designated Orion-M, it is...
09-Jan-2012
Belarus receives first Tor-M2 battery
Personnel from the 120th Air Defence Missile Brigade of the Republic of Belarus formally took delivery of combat and support vehicles of the first ...
09-Jan-2012
*SBIRS GEO-2 satellite completes environmental testing
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the US Air Force's second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2) satellite. The spacecraft...
09-Jan-2012
Salvo launch clears Bulava to enter service
Russia's successful launch of a salvo of two Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missiles on 23 December 2011 has cleared the new missile to enter operational ...
04-Jan-2012
Boeing team wins GMD sustainment contract
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have been selected to receive the development and sustainment contract (DSC) for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) ...
06-Jan-2012
Iran test-fires missiles during 'Velayat 90' naval exercise
During a 10-day naval exercise codenamed 'Velayat 90', conducted in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman from 24 December 2011, Iran test-fired ...
06-Jan-2012
Russia tests ageing Stiletto
Russia successfully launched a UR-100NU (SS-19 'Stiletto') intercontinental ballistic missile from the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan on 27 December 2011. According to a ...
06-Jan-2012
*Obituary: Grzegorz Holdanowicz, 1968-2011
It is with great sadness that Jane's Missiles and Rockets must announce the death of correspondent Grzegorz Holdanowicz. The ' Jane's man ...
06-Jan-2012
Orkan 262 mm MRL adapted to fire 128 mm rockets
The VTI (Vojnotehnicni) Military Technical Institute in Belgrade, Serbia, has developed a subsystem that allows the 128 mm calibre rockets used by the Plamen ...
06-Jan-2012
*China's BeiDou satnav system becomes operational
China announced that its BeiDou (Big Dipper) satellite navigation system had become operational at a press conference in Beijing on 27 December 2011. The ...
06-Jan-2012
US Navy cancels AMDR-X radar
The US Navy (USN) has re-examined the requirements contemplated under solicitation N00024-11-R-5304 'Air and Missile Defense Radar X-Band Radar (AMDR-X)' first published in June ...
04-Jan-2012
S-400 deployment in Kaliningrad planned
The latest round of 'missile diplomacy' intended to display Russian opposition to the deployment of NATO missile defences in Europe has included plans for ...
04-Jan-2012
Fourth Iron Dome battery ready for deployment
A fourth Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Iron Dome battery was due to be deployed by the end of 2011 or in the first weeks...
04-Jan-2012
JLENS test site inaugurated at White Sands
Raytheon has established a test site at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for its Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Elevated Netted Sensor ...
04-Jan-2012
Finland seizes Patriot missiles en route to South Korea
Finland's Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) impounded a batch of 69 MIM-140 Patriot missiles bound for South Korea on 22 December 2011. The missiles, ...
04-Jan-2012
Russian-Ukraine missile engine joint venture to start production
A new assembly plant for missile engines located at Dubna in Moscow Oblast will begin operations in 2012, the Russian Interfax news service reported ...
04-Jan-2012
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