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*ZM Mesko continues 70 mm 'smart' rocket programme
Poland's ZM Mesko is continuing development of the KPR-70 guided variant of the NLPR-70 70 mm unguided air-to-surface rocket. Under a Lockheed Martin-sponsored offset ...
03-Nov-2009
AEDC dedicates new control room for Tunnel 9
A dedication ceremony was held at the US Air Force's (USAF's) Arnold Engineering Development Centre (AEDC) Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 at White Oak, Maryland, ...
28-Oct-2009
Last modernised GPS IIR satellite joins the constellation
The final modernised Lockheed Martin Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite was launched into orbit on 17 August. Designated GPS IIR-21(M), the...
03-Sep-2009
Russia forms new Air and Space Defence Command
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has created the United Strategic Air and Space Defence Command (OSK VKO), based on the Moscow Air-Defence District ...
27-Jul-2009
Boeing/Iridium team demonstrates High Integrity GPS
Two major milestones to further develop and demonstrate capability enhancements to the High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) programme for the US Naval Research ...
27-Jul-2009
Russia to emphasise GLONASS guidance
Russia's defence modernisation will feature weapons making extensive use of satellite guidance provided by the GLONASS navigation satellite system, Deputy Defence Minister for Armaments ...
24-Jul-2009
UK plans to reorganise its missile ranges
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has completed a series of studies examining ways of providing better value for money at its domestic missile ...
07-Jul-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 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
*USAF remains confident on post-2010 GPS performance
Claims in recent newspaper reports that the quality of service provided by the US Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation system was likely to ...
01-Jun-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
Four contractors to study Mach 4+ engines
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected four contractors - Alliant TechSystems, General Electric, Rolls Royce and United Technologies - for ...
28-May-2009
Simulator will train operators to put bombs on target, says USAF
A joint terminal control training and rehearsal system at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio, allows personnel to interact with weapons, laser designators and ...
05-May-2009
GE studies afterburning turbine engines for missile applications
General Electric (GE) has patented what appears to be an advance in light and efficient missile engine design. Missiles powered by turbojet or turbofan engines...
05-May-2009
Shoot-down system aims to defeat RPGs and anti-tank missiles
The CROSSHAIRS (Counter Rocket-Propelled Grenade and Shooter System with Highly Accurate Immediate Responses) programme is working to develop a threat detection and countermeasure system ...
01-May-2009
Russia announces construction of two new missile submarines
Russia will start construction in 2009 of two new missile-armed nuclear submarines at the Sevmash (Severodvinsk Machine Building Plant) yards at Severodvinsk. One will...
01-May-2009
Russia revises its anti-terror export controls
Russia has shortened its list of categories of weapons subject to intensified export-control scrutiny intended to prevent their falling into terrorist hands to only ...
30-Apr-2009
Russian brigade exercise includes PGM live firings
The first live-fire field training exercise held by the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade, a newly reorganised Russian combined-arms brigade, included extensive use of precision-guided ...
29-Apr-2009
MPACT 3000 cleared for use on F/A-18 Hornet
Marotta Controls' MPACT 3000 Pure Air Generation System (PAGS) has completed first-article testing (FAT) and flight worthiness testing and is ready for service in ...
29-Apr-2009
*Arnold engineering centre tests ramjet/scramjet
The US Air Force's (USAF's) Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) conducted a successful first freejet test on a dual mode, ramjet/scramjet hypersonic engine in ...
23-Apr-2009
*US details China's rising missile strength
China's land-based strategic missile force consists of about 20 silo-based, liquid-propellant DF-5 (CSS-4) intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs); fewer than 10 road-mobile solid-propellant DF-31 (CSS-9) ...
06-Apr-2009
USAF to fund dual-role missile studies
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate has asked industry to submit white papers for the Joint Dual-Role Air Dominance Missile-Technology Demonstration ...
30-Mar-2009
Yemen looks to procure Russian missiles
Russia may supply Yemen with a broad range of weapons, including missiles, as a result of a USD1 billion arms deal struck during Yemeni ...
30-Mar-2009
Turkmenistan uses Russian missiles in exercise
Turkmenistan has used a number of new weapons systems supplied by Russian in the 'Gunorta' (South) 2009 border security exercise that concluded on 8 ...
26-Mar-2009
GPS III spacecraft begins preliminary design review
The Lockheed Martin team developing the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft - known as GPS III - is achieving key milestones in the ...
20-Mar-2009
Northrop Grumman GPS OCX team demonstrates satellite control
Northrop Grumman has used its Next Generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) Modernized Capability Engineering Model (MCEM) in a company facility in Redondo Beach, California, ...
06-Mar-2009
*France plans to design semi-active laser-seeker
A temporary company grouping consisting of Nexter Munitions and TDA has been awarded a contract by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to design ...
06-Mar-2009
Northrop Grumman to build more BQM-74E targets
The US Navy (USN) has awarded Northrop Grumman a USD49 million modification to a previously awarded contract to cover the production of a further ...
06-Mar-2009
Space-surveillance satellite completes initial ground-testing
Boeing has successfully completed initial testing of the integrated Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite and has demonstrated the end-to-end mission functionality of the ...
06-Mar-2009
South Korean missiles ending development
The Republic of Korea's (RoK's) Daejeon-based Agency for Defense Development (ADD) announced to the Seoul press on 18 January that two indigenous precision-guided munition ...
06-Mar-2009
*Lessons learned: post-conflict assessment reveals evidence of new Israeli weapons and tactics
Post-conflict analyses of Israel's Operation 'Cast Lead' campaign have shown evidence of new Israeli weaponry and improved tactics intended to overcome problems experienced during ...
05-Mar-2009
IDEX 2009: DART defeats missiles on the move
Oto Melara presented at IDEX 2009 the DART guided projectile - capable of being re-vectored towards the target during its time of flight - ...
02-Mar-2009
India continues negotiations on third batch of Talwar frigates
India and Russia are reported to be negotiating a deal that will see New Delhi purchase a third batch of Talwar-class (Krivak III-Project 1135.6) ...
11-Feb-2009
*Israel assesses impact of Gaza operation
Operation 'Cast Lead' was the largest Israeli assault on Gaza since the Six-Day War in June 1967. Shortly before the fighting ended following a ...
03-Feb-2009
*NORINCO markets AR2 multiple-launch rocket system
China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) has begun marketing its latest 12-round AR2 300 mm multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) based on an 8x8 cross-country truck chassis....
30-Jan-2009
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