Missiles

Successful Aegis Combat System Test Brings BMD to Japanese Fleet

KAUAI, Hawaii, September 13, 2018. The JS ATAGO (DDG-177), supported by the US Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin, used an upgraded Aegis Combat System, testing their Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability for...

Standard Missile-3 Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target During Japanese Test at Sea

  PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Missile Defense Agency completed a successful intercept flight test in cooperation with the US Navy off the coast of Kauai...

Godrej Aerospace delivers first airframe assembly for Air Launched version of BrahMos

MUMBAI. Godrej Aerospace, a unit of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd, on August 31 handed over the first airframe assembly of the Air Launched version of the prestigious BrahMos missile to Defence Research...

Lockheed Martin, Sweden Sign Agreement for Hit-to-Kill PAC-3 MSE Missiles

  DALLAS, August 10, 2018. US and Sweden officials formalized an agreement for Sweden to purchase Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles and related support equipment. Once the contract is...

Sweden Signs Agreement With US Government for Patriot Air and Missile Defense System

STOCKHOLM, August 10, 2018. The government of Sweden signed an agreement to purchase Raytheon's Patriot™ air and missile defense system from the US Army. The agreement, formally referred to as a Letter of Offer...

DRDO Successfully Conducts Test of Ballistic Missile Interceptor AAD

  New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the successful test of the Ballistic Missile Interceptor Advanced Area Defence (AAD) from Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha August 2. The endo-atmospheric missile, capable of intercepting...

Another boost to Make in India: L&T Opens New Production Line for BrahMos Missile Canisters

  Ranoli, Vadodra. In yet another boost to Make in India in defence and aerospace sector, L&T Defence has opened a new production line for Transport Launch Canisters (TLC) for transporting and firing the supersonic...

MBDA’s new Bolton facility opened by UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson

  The cutting-edge facility houses some 670 highly-skilled design, engineering and manufacturing employees and is being used for the production of inert missile equipment and systems. An opening ceremony conducted by the Secretary of State...

Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Achieves Milestone C Decision, Enabling Low-Rate Initial Production

  ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system has successfully passed its Defense Acquisition Board review and achieved milestone C on June 27. The signed Acquisition Decision Memorandum approves the JAGM system to...

£850M Sea Ceptor Missile System Enters Service with Royal Navy

Sea Ceptor provides a powerful shield against airborne threats, including hostile combat jets, helicopters and other missiles, and has been developed and manufactured through Ministry of Defence contracts worth around £850m. It will be carried...

US Army awards Raytheon $130 million for TOW missiles

PARIS. Raytheon Company received a $129.9 million U.S. Army contract for continued production of the tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided TOW® weapon system. The award is a modification to Raytheon's existing $320 million production contract on...

MBDA equips its Licorne pocket C2 with anti-drone capability

MBDA’s Licorne pocket air defence command and control (C2) system has become the first fielded C2 to integrate anti-drone and traditional air defence capabilities. Licorne is a very lightweight C2 solution with the ability to...

The MMP missile sets a new range record

In May this year, the French Army conducted a training campaign of firings in preparation for the next operational deployment of the MMP missile. In parallel, a number of additional firings were made to...
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