Missiles

Air/ Missile Defense Americas 

Saab receives order for RBS 70 from the Brazilian Army

October 31, 2017 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Defense System, Brazil, Brazilian Army, RBS 70, Saab, Saab Dynamics, VSHORAD

Saab has received an order from the Brazilian Army for deliveries of the RBS 70 VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air

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Air/ Missile Defense Americas 

Raytheon awarded contract to transition SM-3 Block IIA program into production

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Aegis BMD System (ABMD), Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Raytheon, RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3), USA

Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a contract to allow RMS to provide engineering services, analysis, and material necessary to

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Cruise Missiles Middle East Naval 

Russian Navy submarine fires Kalibr cruise missiles at Deir-ez-Zor, Syria

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments 3M-54 Kalibr, Diesel-electric submarine (SSK), Islamic State (IS ISIS), Kilo-class SSK, Land attack cruise missiles (LACM), Russia, Russian Navy, Syria, Veliky Novgorod (B-268)

The Russian Navy’s attack submarine has fired a salvo of Kalibr long-range cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at ISIS (Islamic

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Air/ Missile Defense Americas 

Raytheon awarded contract modification for Standard Missile 6 FRP

October 31, 2017February 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Raytheon, RIM-174 Standard ERAM (SM-6), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a modification to a previously awarded contract for procurement of long lead material in

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Air/ Missile Defense Asia-Pacific 

Indonesia to procure NASAMS air defence system

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments AIM-120 AMRAAM, Air Defense System, Indonesia, Kongsberg, NASAMS

Kongsberg has signed a contract worth $77 million with the Indonesian Ministry of Defence to supply NASAMS air defence system.

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Air/ Missile Defense Americas C4ISR 

Raytheon to provide support for AN/TPY-2 and Sea-Based X-Band radars

October 28, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments AN/TPY-2 Surveillance Transportable Radar, Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Raytheon, Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), USA

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has been awarded a contract to provide operations and sustainment (O&S) support for the Army Navy Transportable

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Europe Missiles 

Russia Conducts Nuclear Triad Drills with Launch of ICBM, SLBMs and ALCMs

October 27, 2017May 23, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), ICBM, nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Nuclear triad, RS-12M Topol, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Russian Navy, Russian Strategic Missile Troops, SLBM, Strategic bomber

The Russian Armed Forces has conducted nuclear triad training with the launch of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), submarine-launched ballistic missiles

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Air/ Missile Defense Americas Naval 

USS Mobile Bay launches SM-2 missile, destroys airborne training target

October 26, 2017November 9, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Aegis BMD System (ABMD), Air Defense System, RIM-156 Standard Missile 2 (SM-2), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)

The U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) has launched a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) successfully destroying an airborne training target on

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Kongsberg to supply NASAMS air defence system to Lithuania

October 26, 2017 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AIM-120 AMRAAM, Air Defense System, Kongsberg, Lithuania, NASAMS, Raytheon

Kongsberg has signed a contract worth €109 million ($128 million) with the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of

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Americas Missiles 

Orbital ATK delivers 100,000th Hellfire Rocket Motor

October 26, 2017 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AGM-114 Hellfire, Air-to-ground missile (AGM), Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL), Orbital ATK, U.S. Army, USA

Orbital ATK has delivered the 100,000th AGM-114 tactical motor, the high performance rocket motor that propels the highly successful HELLFIRE missile,

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