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*Hungary introduces K-2PC battle management system
The 12th Arrabona Air Defence Missile Regiment of the Hungarian Armed Forces is equipped with a new K-2PC battle management system. Like the earlier...
02-Nov-2009
MEADS to use non-US cryptographic device
A waiver from the US National Security Agency will make the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) the first US military system to ...
02-Nov-2009
*Royal Navy launches Defender on the Clyde
HMS Defender , the fifth of the Royal Navy's (RN's) new Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyers, was successfully launched from BVT Surface Fleet's shipyard...
02-Nov-2009
Aerojet delivers 5,000th Mk 104 rocket motor
Aerojet announced the shipment of its 5,000th Mk 104 Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM) to Raytheon Missile Systems and the US Navy (USN) during ...
02-Nov-2009
*IRIS-T SL makes first flight
Diehl BGT Defence successfully carried out the first test-flight of its new IRIS-T SL (Surface Launched) surface-to-air missile on 9 October. Conducted at the...
29-Oct-2009
Russia faces problems in marketing the S-400
Russia is continuing to market the S-400 Triumf (SA-21 'Growler') surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, with Belarus and Saudi Arabia being identified as potential initial ...
27-Oct-2009
Patriot boosts Raytheon sales
Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) operation had third quarter 2009 net sales of USD1.387 billion, up 9 per cent compared to USD1.276 billion in ...
27-Oct-2009
*NAMEADSMA raises RfP in preparation for Iris-T integration
This is a revised version of an article originally published on 29 September The NATO MEADS management agency NAMEADSMA has raised a request...
06-Oct-2009
*BAZ shows configuration of Russian Pantsir-S1
The Russian BAZ (Bryanskiy avtomobilniy zavod) truck developer and producer has released a photograph showing the version of the Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 'Greyhound') combined gun/missile ...
06-Oct-2009
*KBP tests next-generation of Tunguska combat vehicle
Russia's KBP design bureau is looking to finish trials of a prototype upgraded 2S6M1 combat vehicle for the Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and missile ...
06-Oct-2009
*Bumar and MBDA offer SAM 'umbrella' to Poland
Poland's Bumar Group has intensified its promotion of Parasol Polski (Poland's Umbrella), the multilayered air defence and ultimately also missile-defence system being proposed by ...
06-Oct-2009
*Poland displays new Grom variant
The Quantum Electronics Team of Warsaw's Military Academy of Technology (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna - WAT) is developing an advanced variant of the Grom man-portable ...
06-Oct-2009
SAM-PRAS version 3 launched at DSEi
Cunning Running Software Ltd (CRSL) launched version 3 of its Surface to Air Missile Position Ranking and Analysis System (SAM-PRAS) at the recent Defence ...
06-Oct-2009
Raytheon launches dummy AIM-9X from underwater
A test object representing a Raytheon AIM-9X air-to-air missile has been successfully launched from underwater during a trial conducted at the US Army's Aberdeen ...
05-Oct-2009
*Raytheon proposes SPY-5 radar for ESSM-armed warships
Raytheon has been developing a new private venture AN/SPY-5 electronically scanned shipboard radar. The company released initial details at the Defence Systems and Equipment ...
05-Oct-2009
Tor M2E to enter Russian Army service in 2010
The Almaz-Antey Tor-M2E (SA-15 'Gauntlet'), the latest version of this Russian surface-to-air missile (SAM), will enter service with the Russian Army before the end ...
02-Oct-2009
Iran claims anti-cruise missile capability
Iran has developed a new anti-cruise missile defence system that integrates surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), indigenous air-defence artillery and "sophisticated" radar systems, Brigadier General Ahmad ...
02-Oct-2009
No S-400 missiles in Far East, say Russian press reports
Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) have not yet been deployed to the Far East in response to concerns over North Korean missile tests posing ...
01-Oct-2009
Second BAMSE SAM unit due to complete training programme by end of 2009
Saab's promotion of the RBS 23 BAMSE surface-to-air missile (SAM) system was one of the surprises of the recent Defence Systems Equipment International exhibition ...
30-Sep-2009
*MBDA displays latest CAMM configuration
MBDA has refined the design of its proposed Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) and displayed a full-size model of the weapon at the Defence ...
29-Sep-2009
MEADS completes critical design reviews
All major components of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) have successfully completed critical design reviews (CDRs), Lockheed Martin announced on 5 August. ...
04-Sep-2009
Raytheon delivers 1,000th ESSM
Raytheon delivered the 1,000th Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) to a multinational consortium during a ceremony at its Weapon Integration Center in Camden, Arkansas, on ...
04-Sep-2009
Russia's new aerospace defence system to feature S-400 and S-500 SAMs
Colonel General Alexander Zelin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force, told a press conference in Moscow on 11 August that a new aerospace defence ...
04-Sep-2009
Taiwan ends frigate SAM upgrade plan
Taiwan has abandoned its programme to upgrade the surface-to-air missile (SAM) armament of its French-designed Kang Ding (La Fayette)-class frigates with the indigenous Tien...
04-Sep-2009
Test firing pushes SM-6 to its limits
A Raytheon Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) launched from the White Sands missile range in New Mexico has flown a series of pre-programmed manoeuvres intended to ...
02-Sep-2009
Lockheed Martin begins testing Australia's first Aegis weapon system
A four-month programme of tests on the Aegis weapon system due for installation on Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer began on 13 August at ...
01-Sep-2009
*UK looks to bring forward RN Future Local Area Defence System
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to truncate the Seawolf Mid-Life Update (SWMLU) programme and is looking instead at accelerating the introduction ...
28-Aug-2009
*Tetraedr trials new chassis for Osa-1T
The Belarus design and production company Tetraedr has begun internal company trials of a version of the Osa-1T (SA-8 'Gecko') modernised self-propelled air-defence missile ...
04-Aug-2009
MBDA teams with Bumar to offer Polish air-defence solution
Missile systems company MBDA and Poland's Bumar group have signed a framework agreement for the modernisation of Poland's ground-based air defences. Signed on 1...
31-Jul-2009
*Nimitz tests improved SeaSparrow
The US Navy's (USN's) Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) successfully completed live firings of its Mk 57 NATO SeaSparrow...
27-Jul-2009
Aerojet wins USD40 million HAWK motor contract
Aerojet announced on 14 July that it had received a contract worth approximately USD40 million from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) ...
27-Jul-2009
Romania reveals VL MICA order
Romania has announced that it will be the launch customer for the land-based version of MBDA's vertically launched MICA (VL MICA) surface-to-air (SAM) missile ...
27-Jul-2009
*Missiles extend range of Serbian air-defence vehicle
By adding two four-round packs of 9K32M Strela-2M (SA-7 'Grail') manportable surface-to-air missiles and an improved sighting system to the BOV-3 self-propelled three-barrelled 20 ...
07-Jul-2009
*Barak-8 makes its air show debut
At the Paris Air Show, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) displayed full-scale models of its vertically launched Barak-8 surface-to-air missile (SAM). Two versions were shown...
06-Jul-2009
MBDA announces first order for land-based VL MICA
A first export contract for the land-based version of the VL MICA surface-to-air missile (SAM) system was received several months ago, MBDA announced at ...
03-Jul-2009
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