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BAE Systems has won a US$37-million contract from the US Department of Defense to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Launch System (NGELS), which would give warships without a vertical launch missile system a similar capability.Conti… Continue reading BAE Systems to design next-gen missile launch system for US Navy
To give big aircraft better protection against missile attacks and small ones some, Elbit Systems has unveiled its Nano Self Protection Electronic Attack and Reconnaissance (SPEAR) disposable anti-radar decoy at this year’s Paris Air Show.Continue Read… Continue reading Nano SPEAR anti-radar decoy puts big protection in a small package
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has taken the wraps off “Sky Sonic,” its advanced system for intercepting hostile hypersonic missiles traveling five times the speed of sound that will make its public debut at next week’s Paris Air Show.Continue Reading… Continue reading Israel’s Rafael shows off home-grown hypersonic missile interceptor
In a remarkable shift in policy, the United States government announced on December 21, 2022 that it would supply Ukraine with the Patriot Missile System to aid in its fight against Russia. On January 5, Germany announced that it was sending a Patriot … Continue reading Ukraine to get Patriot missiles. Is this a game changer?
The war in Ukraine may be turning in Kyiv’s favor thanks to the deployment of American M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) precision multiple rocket launchers, which are reported to be wreaking havoc on Russian supply depots and command… Continue reading HIMARS rocket launcher may change the game in Ukraine
In a successful demonstration of a layered missile defense system, Lockheed Martin with the Missile Defense Agency and the US Army have intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target over the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Successful interception test adds a new layer to THAAD’s missile defense
The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace a US$2.37-billion contract to design and build two sensor payloads for a pair of polar-orbiting satellites intended to warn of ballistic and hypersonic missile launches.Continue Reading… Continue reading New satellite payloads for continuous early-warning missile detection
Israel has conducted successful live-fire tests of the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems C-Dome, a sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense system, aboard the Sa’ar 6 corvette Israeli Naval Ship (INS) Magen against multiple threats.Continue Rea… Continue reading Israeli Navy tests sea-going version of the Iron Dome missile defense
Filling a gap in the UK Carrier Strike Group screen protecting the supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, a Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter successfully fired Martlet lightweight missiles for the first time during frontline operations. Deployed from HMS Defen… Continue reading Royal Navy fires new Martlet missiles at sea to demo carrier defenses
BAE Systems has destroyed drones at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona using standard rockets equipped with the company’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and an advanced proximity fuse – an approach the company says costs much less than … Continue reading BAE Systems revamps standard rockets to takes out drones