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Saab Bofors Dynamics confirmed to Jane's that the first two RBS 15 Mk 3 surface-to-surface missiles (SSMs) for the German Navy had passed factory acceptance...
02-Nov-2009
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US companies face single-contract GMD award
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have each responded to a proposal by the United States' Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to combine both the ...
23-Dec-2009
UK probes Sea Viper missile test failures
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN) are examining the potential impact of two successive test failures of the Sea Viper ...
31-Dec-2009
*NATO launches rocket-oxidiser destruction project in Uzbekistan
A NATO-sponsored project in Uzbekistan has started the task of safely destroying 1,100 tonnes of highly toxic rocket propellant by turning it into a ...
23-Dec-2009
Jordan looks to follow-on Javelin buy
Jordan has requested a possible sale from the United States of anti-tank weaponry and associated equipment. The requested sale is for 1,808 Lockheed Martin/Raytheon ...
23-Dec-2009
Japan completes annual training exercise with Patriot
Around 450 Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) personnel have concluded their annual training exercise with Patriot at Fort Bliss, Texas. Completion of the exercise ...
23-Dec-2009
Iran successfully test-fires Tor-M1
Iran successfully carried out live firing of a Russian-built 9K331M Tor-1M (SA-15 'Gauntlet') surface-to-air missile (SAM) system on 25 November during national multi-service air-defence ...
23-Dec-2009
Global Strike Command takes control of US ICBM force
The US Air Force's Global Strike Command (AFGSC) officials at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana, formally assumed control of the US intercontinental ballistic ...
23-Dec-2009
GATR guided rocket scores direct hits at 5+ km range
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and Elbit Systems have successfully conducted flight tests of the Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) from a US Army Bell OH-58D ...
23-Dec-2009
First Aegis weapon system ready for delivery to Australia
Lockheed Martin celebrated the successful completion of a full range of acceptance tests conducted over several months to verify the performance of the Aegis...
23-Dec-2009
MQ-9 Reapers prevent IED attacks
General Atomics' MQ-9 Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) detected and engaged enemy forces in Afghanistan during two occasions in the first week of ...
23-Dec-2009
Boeing Laser Avenger destroys improvised explosive devices
During trials conducted by Boeing and the United States Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, a laser system mounted on an Avenger ...
23-Dec-2009
Russian MRL targets designated by UAVs
A Russian Army artillery battalion equipped with BM-30 9K58 Smerch 300 mm multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) carried out live-firing on 6 November at the ...
01-Dec-2009
Iran claims precision targeting of missiles
Iran has upgraded an unspecified "precision capability for missile targeting", Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Naval Forces deputy commander Brigadier General Ali Fadavi told ...
01-Dec-2009
Arms control negotiations affect Russian strategic forces
With the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I) approaching its 5 December expiration date, renewed emphasis has been placed on negotiating a successor ...
01-Dec-2009
Iran to mass-produce long-range air-to-air missiles
Iran will mass-produce indigenous air-to-air missiles, Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi, commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, told the official Iranian state-run news ...
01-Dec-2009
*New fuze for 122 mm rockets from Romania
The Romanian company S C Tohan S A has added a multifunction (time, proximity and impact) fuze to its product line of fuzes for ...
01-Dec-2009
*Romania shows new thermobaric grenade launcher
Romania's ACTTM Military Equipment and Technology Research Agency displayed a new grenade launcher armed with a thermobaric warhead at the Expomil 2009 defence exhibition ...
01-Dec-2009
Medvedev urges modernisation of Russia's defence industry
Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev has identified upgrading of the country's military-industrial complex as a crucial part of the continuing process of the modernisation ...
01-Dec-2009
*FalconLaunch 6 explosion triggers post-test investigation
Cadets at the US Air Force (USAF) Academy, Colorado, have begun the task of determining the reason for the failure of an experimental rocket ...
30-Nov-2009
Minuteman force gets improved cryptography
Boeing has delivered upgraded cryptography devices to Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force (USAF) to provide additional communications security between the intercontinental ballistic ...
25-Nov-2009
RAM Block 2 completes CTV test campaign
Raytheon Missile Systems has revealed that the next generation Block 2 variant of the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) has completed three successful instrumented ...
27-Nov-2009
Selex Galileo wins MARTE Mk2/N seeker contract
Selex Galileo has been awarded a EUR26 million (USD38.8 million) contract to supply SM-1S radar seekers for an unspecified Middle Eastern customer. The award...
27-Nov-2009
MBDA bids for MLRS rocket destruction task
MBDA is bidding for two separate demilitarisation contracts involving a combined total of 49,000 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rockets held in the UK ...
27-Nov-2009
Experimental scramjet demonstrates core burning
Aerojet - working under contract to the US Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) - recently completed ground testing of an advanced scramjet (supersonic ...
27-Nov-2009
*Armed UAVs maintain air cover over Afghanistan
Several actions in Afghanistan in early November illustrate the way that the missile-armed General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is ...
27-Nov-2009
*Azerbaijan Osa-AKMs upgraded by Belarus
Belarus' Tetraedr Scientific Industrial Unitary Enterprise has upgraded an undisclosed number of Azerbaijan's 9K33M3 Osa-AKM (SA-8 'Gecko') self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems, the Belarus Belapan ...
27-Nov-2009
*Iraqi aircrew make first Hellfire launch
An AC-208 Combat Caravan turboprop-powered aircraft from Squadron 3 of the reconstituted Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) fired an AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided air-to-surface missile, officials ...
27-Nov-2009
Chile plans to order Stinger and AMRAAM
The US Defense Security Co-operation Agency notified Congress on 10 November of two Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contracts to Chile for surface-to-air and air-to-air ...
27-Nov-2009
ATK wins contract to develop new GMLRS alternative warhead
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has revealed that it has been selected as the second of three candidates tasked with developing an alternative warhead for the ...
27-Nov-2009
*Slovak Air Force Igla crews fire live rounds
The newly created 2.plbat Igla (2nd Igla air-defence battery) of the Slovak Air Force conducted a firing exercise at the VTSU Zahorie military technical ...
27-Nov-2009
APKWS guided rocket begins final testing
BAE Systems has entered the final phase of testing on its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guided 2.75 inch (70 mm) rocket. These...
27-Nov-2009
India's Agni-II fails during first night launch
The first attempted night launch of an Agni-II intermediate-range ballistic missile ended in failure on 23 November, according to Indian press reports. Classified as...
27-Nov-2009
Second-generation Aegis BMD completes target tracking exercises
US Navy Pacific Fleet ships and crews have successfully completed a series of exercises to test Aegis BMD 4.0.1, the second-generation Aegis ballistic missile ...
27-Nov-2009
*Romania offers new warhead for 107 mm rockets
The Romanian company S C Mirsand SRL from Brasov showed a new pattern of the warhead for 107 mm calibre unguided rockets during the ...
27-Nov-2009
Tomahawk Block IV attacks time-critical target
A US Navy (USN) Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile launched during an operational test on 5 November demonstrated the missile's ability to destroy time-critical ...
27-Nov-2009
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