Rocket artillery

Americas Artillery 

Lockheed Martin Awarded $226M U.S. Army Contract to Recapitalize M270 MLRS Launchers

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Lockheed Martin, M270 MLRS, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Red River Army Depot (RRAD), Rocket artillery, U.S. Army

Lockheed Martin received a $226 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to recapitalize an additional 44 M270 Multiple Launch

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Europe Missiles 

Ukraine Conducts Successful Tests of Vilkha-M Missile with 120 km Range

April 1, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Armed Forces of Ukraine, Luch Design Bureau, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rocket artillery, Ukraine, Vilkha-M

Ukraine’s State Kyiv Design Bureau “Luch” successfully conducted regular tests of the Vilkha-M missile with 120 km range at the

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Misc Middle East 

Two Rockets Hit Baghdad’s Green Zone

March 26, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Green Zone (Iraq), Iraq, Katyusha rocket, Rocket artillery

Two rockets hit the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, the Iraqi

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Artillery Americas 

Lockheed Martin Awarded $1.14 Billion for GMLRS Rockets

February 28, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), Lockheed Martin, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Rocket artillery, Romania, South Korea, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), USA

Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded a contract modification, worth $1.14 billion, to supply Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets

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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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Europe Artillery 

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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Missiles Asia-Pacific 

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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Asia-Pacific Artillery 

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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