Rocket artillery

Americas Artillery 

Lockheed Martin Awarded $32M HIMARS/MLRS Support Contract

February 14, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Lockheed Martin, M142 HIMARS, M270 MLRS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rocket artillery, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Lockheed Martin Missile Fire Control was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, worth around $32 million, to provide field-level High Mobility Artillery

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Artillery Europe 

U.S. Army 41st Field Artillery Brigade Conducts Live-Fire Exercise

January 31, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Germany, Grafenwoehr Training Area (GTA), M270 MLRS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rocket artillery, U.S. Army, US Army 41st Field Artillery Brigade, USA

The 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade conducted their first live-fire exercise since reactivating

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Artillery Europe 

Rheinmetall, Thales to Jointly Develop 2.75” Guided, Unguided Rockets in Germany

January 9, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Germany, Laser-guided rocket (LGR), Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition, Rocket artillery, Thales, Unguided rocket

Rheinmetall and Thales have signed an agreement to support together the future developments, qualification and production of the 70mm (2.75”)

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Asia-Pacific Weapons 

India Successfully Flight-Tests Two Pinaka Missiles in Salvo Mode

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR), DRDO, Guided Pinaka/ Pinaka II, India, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Pinaka MBRL, Rocket artillery

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted a test firing of Pinaka missiles in salvo mode as part

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Asia-Pacific Missiles 

India’s DRDO Flight-Tests Pinaka Missile System off Odisha Coast

December 19, 2019 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR), DRDO, Guided Pinaka/ Pinaka II, India, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Pinaka MBRL, Rocket artillery

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight-tested its Pinaka Missile System on Dec. 19. The missile was

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Artillery Asia-Pacific 

North Korea Test-Fires Presumed Large-Caliber Rockets

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments KN-25 MLRS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), North Korea, Rocket artillery

North Korea test-fired two projectiles, presumed to be large-caliber rockets, on Nov. 28, Yonhap News Agency reported citing South Korea’s

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Asia-Pacific Weapons 

North Korea Fires Two “Unidentified Projectiles” Into Sea of Japan

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, North Korea, Rocket artillery, Sea of Japan, South Korea

North Korea fired two “unidentified projectiles” into the waters of Sea of Japan between South Korea and Japan on Thursday,

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Artillery Europe 

Saab, Boeing Conduct Test Firing of Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb

October 15, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andøya Test Center (ATC), Boeing, GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB), Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rocket artillery, Saab

Saab, together with Boeing, conducted a successful long-range test firing of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) from the Andøya

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Artillery Europe Industry 

Paris Air Show 2019: Diehl Defence, Roxel to Collaborate for Development of Artillery Rockets

June 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Diehl Defence, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Paris Air Show 2019, Rocket artillery, Roxel

Germany’s Diehl Defence and France’s Roxel signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of artillery rockets, at the Paris

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Americas Artillery 

Lockheed Martin Receives $362M Contract for U.S. Army M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Launcher Recapitalization

April 24, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Lockheed Martin, M270 MLRS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Red River Army Depot (RRAD), Rocket artillery, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $362 million contract to recapitalize 50 of the U.S. Army’s M270 Multiple Launch

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