Missiles

Washington: Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the US Navy weapon, as global interest in procuring the capability expands amid successful intercepts against ballistic missile...

New Delhi: Stratolaunch, a California-based firm building a reusable hypersonic test vehicle, is modifying its carrier aircraft to support high-speed test missions around the globe. Through a nearly $25 million contract from the Missile...

New Delhi: On January 13, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted successful field evaluation trials of the NAG MK-2 anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Pokhran Field Range in Rajasthan. The trials...

Cologne: The German army has received parliamentary approval to buy an initial batch of Elbit-made PULS rocket artillery systems, a decision that could see Berlin look to European munitions suppliers in the future. The move,...

Washington: The Pentagon awarded defence-technology firm Kratos a contract worth up to $1.45 billion to help increase its hypersonic flight-testing cadence. The five-year contract is part of the second phase of the Pentagon’s Multi-Service Advanced Capability...

Paris: Pan-European missile maker MBDA bought the remaining 50% of rocket-engine supplier Roxel from co-owner Safran, in a move the company expects will help it ramp up production in the face of surging demand. MBDA...

Bhubaneswar: The final round test of the solid fuel ducted ramjet (SFDR) propulsion-based missile system was conducted successfully by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from a defence facility off Odisha coast on...

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies provided the Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target and propulsion for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA (SM-3 Blk IIA) used in the Missile Defence Agency’s (MDA) latest successful test aimed...

Berlin: The shallow waters of the Baltic Sea have become a secondary arena of confrontation in the larger standoff between the East and the West. Fears of hybrid warfare, coupled with key vulnerabilities on...

Paris: British Army troops fired a high-energy laser from an armoured vehicle for the first time, using beams of infrared light to destroy dozens of flying drones, in what may be a cost-effective way...

Washington: The Missile Defence Agency (MDA) intercepted an incoming ballistic missile threat target in a test from Guam, according to an agency announcement. The test is the “first ballistic missile defence event executed from...

Sydney: Australia has joined the US and UK as one of the tiny club of countries that can launch the Tomahawk cruise missile, with its legendary accuracy and range of more than 2,500 kilometres. The...

Washington: In a first, the US Army and Lockheed Martin fired two new Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs, in a salvo test shot as part of production qualification flight testing at White Sands Missile...