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Russia's GNPP Splav design bureau in Tula has conducted trials of a new universal 9A53 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) designated Tornado.
01-Jun-2009
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*MBDA offers new Marte variants
MBDA has begun studies of two new versions of its Marte Mk2 family of anti-ship missiles. Marte Mk2/S-A is intended for use from fixed-wing ...
02-Jul-2009
More Iskander missiles to enter service
Following reports on Russian-language web sites that the only operational Iskander (SS-26 'Stone') theatre ballistic missiles (TBMs) are in service with one battalion of ...
02-Jul-2009
US Navy's Trident trials to explore conventional-strike technology
Two pre-planned operational flight tests of US Navy Lockheed Martin Trident D-5 submarine launched ballistic missiles will have a secondary mission to examine technology ...
02-Jul-2009
Bulava to resume flight tests in July
Flight tests of Russia's troubled Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile will start in late July, Admiral Vladimir Vysotskiy, Commander in Chief of the Russian ...
02-Jul-2009
DARPA to begin LRASM programme
The new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) programme was launched on 6 June, when the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a ...
02-Jul-2009
Russia looks to missile defences
Concern over future North Korean missile tests posing a threat to Russia have led to concern over Russian missile-defence capabilities. On 16 June, Chief...
29-Jun-2009
US Army tests guided mortar rounds
The US Army is currently carrying out the Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) to meet an urgent requirement for a GPS-guided 120 mm mortar ...
01-Jul-2009
*Raytheon conducts first Excalibur 1b guided firings
Raytheon has conducted the first two guided live-fire test firings of its Excalibur 1b projectile design, the company announced at the recent Fire-Support Symposium at...
29-Jun-2009
Missile Defense Agency revises missile-target plans
Target failures have caused the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to adopt a new approach to acquiring targets for missile-defence trials, agency director Lieutenant ...
29-Jun-2009
ABL completes first live-target tracking tests
The prototype Boeing YAL-1A Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft successfully completed its first two tracking tests against boosting missile targets over the Pacific Ocean on ...
29-Jun-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
*MDA director explains KEI and MKV cancellations
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lieutenant General Patrick J O'Reilly explained to the US Senate Armed Services Committee on 16 June the decision to ...
29-Jun-2009
Paris Air Show: MBDA engages in missile study
MBDA is currently engaged in an internal study with regard to simplifying customer operations and support services for its new range of Marte anti-surface ...
15-Jun-2009
*Iran reverse-engineers HAWK SAM
Iran has reverse-engineered the Raytheon MIM-23B HAWK (Homing All-the-Way Killer) surface-to-air missile (SAM) and has begun manufacturing the weapon. On 6 June, the Iranian...
15-Jun-2009
*Aselsan offers pedestal-mounted naval missile launchers
Aselsan has shown its private venture Eagle-Fire naval pedestal-mounted weapon system fitted with four Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control AGM-114K Hellfire missiles in ...
05-Jun-2009
USN plans future ASuW requirements in wake of programme freeze
The US Navy (USN) is to hold an analysis of alternatives (AoA) study in mid-2009 for its future anti-surface warfare (ASuW) requirements following the ...
05-Jun-2009
*Boeing prepares X-51A for hypersonic test flight
The US Air Force ( USAF) plans to fly the Boeing Phantom Works X-51A Waverider hypersonic engine research vehicle at up to Mach 6 later...
05-Jun-2009
*Aselsan completes trials of Igla SAM launch system
Turkish company Aselsan has completed firing trials of a new mobile Igla fire-and-forget surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. During one trial, a single target was ...
05-Jun-2009
*Airtronic to offer lightweight RPG-7 launcher
Just months after unveiling its first fully US manufactured RPG-7 launcher, Airtronic USA has revealed continuing development efforts for a new lightweight composite launcher. ...
02-Jun-2009
*Industry team conducts GATR in-flight firing tests
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and Elbit Systems have conducted in-flight firing tests of the air-to-ground Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR), it was announced on 1 ...
02-Jun-2009
*South Korea tests medium-range SAM
In early May, South Korea conducted a successful test of its Korea Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (KMSAM). The system engaged a Composite Engineering BQM-167i ...
01-Jun-2009
*IAI gives more details of Barak-8
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has released preliminary information on its new Barak-8 surface-to-air missile (SAM). Being co-developed with India, which uses the designation Barak-2, ...
01-Jun-2009
India tests another Agni 2
India conducted another successful test of its Agni 2 intermediate-range ballistic missile on 19 May. The medium-range missile was fired from a mobile launcher ...
01-Jun-2009
US still plans to send Patriots to Poland
The United States still plans to deploy a US Army Patriot missile battery to Poland, the US State Department confirmed on 21 May. "We're...
01-Jun-2009
*Iran launches two-stage Sejjil-2
During a visit to the Semnan province of Iran on 20 May, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had launched a new ballistic ...
01-Jun-2009
Anti-aircraft missile found in Mexico
According to the Mexican newspaper El Universal , Salinas Juan Martinez, a hotel employee at the beach resort of Playa Bagdad found a Russian...
01-Jun-2009
*Serbia fields improved S-125 missile units
Following a series of reorganisations of the Serbian Armed Forces, the locally developed S-125M1T version of the S-125M Neva-M (SA-3 'Goa') surface-to-air missile system ...
01-Jun-2009
AARGM defeats shutdown tactics
Alliant Techsystems, the US Navy (USN), and the Italian Air Force successfully conducted the fifth consecutive successful AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) live-fire ...
28-May-2009
Boeing announces relocation of MDS division
Boeing is to relocate the headquarters for its Missile Defense Systems (MDS) division from Arlington, Virginia, to the company's facilities in Huntsville. Initially, the...
28-May-2009
Aerojet to develop second-stage motor for USAF
Aerojet has been awarded the Large Class (LC) Stage II Technology Demonstration contract by the US Air Force (USAF) 526th ICBM Systems Group, the ...
01-Jun-2009
*Russia plans universal MLRS
Russia's GNPP Splav design bureau in Tula has conducted trials of a new universal 9A53 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) designated Tornado. It is...
01-Jun-2009
Russia used North Korean launch for ELINT collection, says report
US and Japanese monitoring of North Korea's abortive satellite launch on 5 April may have given Russian electronic intelligence (ELINT) experts a chance to ...
01-Jun-2009
Effective rocket defence of Israel requires three tiers, IAF commander says
While the first elements of Israel's Iron Dome rocket defence system will be operational in 2010, it will be four years before the multi-tier ...
01-Jun-2009
*Reaper attacks IED team
A US Air Force (USAF) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacked a group of insurgents detected emplacing an improvised explosive device near Chahar ...
01-Jun-2009
UK plans to homeport all nuclear submarines at Faslane
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 6 May that all Royal Navy (RN) submarines, including the planned replacements for the Vanguard-class ballistic ...
28-May-2009
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