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GMLRS Unitary rocket completes first phase of PQT tests
Four separate flight tests of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets conducted at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, concluded the first...
10-Apr-2006
India conducts test of Pinaka artillery rockets
Test firings of India's indigenously developed Pinaka 214 mm multiple rocket system (MRS) were conducted at the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Chandipur on 28...
10-Apr-2006
IDF attempts to slow Qassam rocket firings
Israel is using air strikes and artillery fire against selected areas in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to disrupt the firing of Qassam unguided...
07-Apr-2006
Pakistan's Babur completes test firing
Pakistan has conducted a second test firing of its Hatf VII (Babur) cruise missile. The firing took place on 21 March and the missile flew...
07-Apr-2006
North Korean missile firing heightens regional tension
A multiple missile or rocket firing by North Korea on 8 March raised tensions in Northeast Asia, writes David C Isby. However, reports from South...
06-Apr-2006
*NLOS-LS moves into critical design phase
One of the first systems scheduled for 'spin-out' under the US Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) programme is the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS), writes Scott...
06-Apr-2006
Hatf 2 missile makes another Pakistani Army test flight
The Pakistani Army has conducted another test flight of its Hatf 2/Abdali surface-to-surface missile. Conducted on 19 February 2006, the trial was successful, said an...
09-Mar-2006
US Army announces Excalibur fielding delay
The US Army is now aiming to field its first Raytheon XM892 Excalibur GPS/INS-guided 155 mm artillery shells in September 2006, writes David C Isby....
07-Mar-2006
*Israelis see Qassams becoming a problem
Senior Israeli officials have warned that the country should prepare itself for a "large-scale disaster" if Palestinian Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit...
07-Mar-2006
Taiwanese MND warns of increased ballistic missile threat by 2010
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) estimates that China will increase the number of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) aimed at the island from the current...
03-Mar-2006
*ATK test fires 'smart' gun and mortar rounds
An Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM) 'smart' artillery round has flown for almost 13 km and landed within 2 m of...
03-Mar-2006
Tomahawk test investigation blames safety system error
An investigation has found that a safety system fault led to the failure of two torpedo tube-launched (TTL) Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile development test...
17-Feb-2006
US Army XM935 PGMM clears design review
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and the US Army have successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the XM935 Precision-Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM). All elements of...
17-Feb-2006
LAM MEFP warhead passes ground tests
Tests of the Netfires Non-Line-of-Sight - Launch System's Loitering Attack Missile (LAM) Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator (MEFP) warhead conducted at the Energetic Materials Research and...
17-Feb-2006
Three launches demonstrate GMLRS Unitary rocket fuzing
Lockheed Martin has conducted three flight tests of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets in three separate missions at White Sands Missile Range,...
17-Feb-2006
Excalibur air-bursts over target
The Raytheon Missile Systems-Bofors Excalibur GPS-guided 155 mm artillery projectile has completed an end-to-end test against a representative target. Fired from the US Army's 155...
08-Nov-2005
Pakistan tests 500 km-range cruise missile
Pakistan test flew its Hataf VII Babur cruise missile for the first time on 11 August 2005. The flight was made at a new test...
16-Sep-2005
Indonesia announces missile and rocket co-operation with China
Indonesia has announced that it will be co-operating with China to acquire a capability for missiles and rockets with ranges of up to 150 km,...
13-Sep-2005
Israel plans to extend rocket-warning system coverage
Israel will deploy improved versions of the Rafael Red Dawn optical rocket-warning system after the withdrawal of its military forces from Gaza, writes David C...
13-Sep-2005
US launches GMLRS Unitary in Iraq
Seven Lockheed Martin Guided Multiple Launcher Rocket System - Unitary (GMLRS-U) warhead rockets were successfully fired in Iraq in June, writes David C Isby. The...
13-Sep-2005
UK becomes first international GMLRS customer
The UK has placed a USD55 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The contract covers the production of...
13-Sep-2005
Lockheed Martin fires a three-round GMLRS salvo
Lockheed Martin recently conducted a three-rocket ripple production verification test of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket at White Sands Missile Range, New...
08-Apr-2005
US Army conducts precision munitions study
The US Army is conducting a Precision Munitions Mix Analysis (PMMA) to study the type and number of precision munitions that will be required as...
07-Apr-2005
BRIEFS - USAF wants tests for missiles
The US Air Force has asked Raytheon Missile Systems to develop a Functional Ground test capability that produces high-fidelity reliability, suitability and supportability data for...
16-Feb-2005
BRIEFS - Safety packages ordered
Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a US$5.51 million delivery order against previously awarded contract N00019-00-D-0275 to supply 20 range-safety system kits to support the...
16-Feb-2005
BRIEFS - Aegis support services ordered
The US Naval Sea Systems Command has exercised an option under an existing contract to order 637,494 hours of engineering services for DDG 51-class Aegis...
16-Feb-2005
BRIEFS - USN orders more Tactical Tomahawk canisters
United Defense Armament Systems Division is being awarded a US$17.14 million contract for manufacture, assembly, test and delivery of Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)...
14-Dec-2004
BRIEFS - Tactical Tomahawk ordered into full-rate production
Raytheon has been awarded a multiyear contract for the full-rate production of up to 2,200 Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles for the US Navy (2,135)...
22-Sep-2004
Ramam guided MLRS round operational in Israel
The Israeli Military Industries (IMI) Ramam guided round for the US-built 227mm Multiple Launcher Rocket System (MLRS) is reported to be operational with the Israeli...
22-Sep-2004
Iran supplies improved rockets to Syria and Hizbullah
Iran has supplied improved versions of the long-range Zelzal and Fajr rockets to Syria and Lebanon's Hizbullah, writes David C Isby. On 17 August 2004,...
22-Sep-2004
*Second GMLRS Unitary round success
Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the second flight test of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket. The trial was conducted at the...
18-Aug-2004
*Sderot strike used Nasser 3 rockets
The Palestinian rockets used in the 28 June 2004 attack which killed two civilians in the Israeli town of Sderot are thought to have been...
18-Aug-2004
*Europe studies GMLRS concepts
European partners in the international Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) programme are studying concepts for follow-on versions of the basic bomblet-armed GMLRS round, writes...
18-Aug-2004
BRIEFS - US Army orders Artillery-rocket support
Industrial engineering services for all of the Army Tactical Missile and Multiple Launch Rocket weapon systems are to be provided by Lockheed Martin under a...
23-Jun-2004
GMLRS Unitary flies at White Sands
Lockheed Martin has conducted a successful Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The GMLRS Unitary...
22-Jun-2004
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