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Raytheon Awarded $85 Million for Griffin Missiles

Tamir Eshel — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:12:04 +0000

The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon the largest order yet for the Griffin missile,amounting over $85 million. The first delivery order will buy 22 all-up rounds and 43 telemetry rounds, to be delivered by July 2013.

Improved AEGIS Conducts Successful Intercept

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:55:13 +0000

The U.S. Missile defense Agency (MDA) conducted a successful missile intercept test on Thursday May 10, 2012 using an advanced Standard Missile – 3 (SM-3) Block 1B missile and second generation battle management system (AEGIS BMD 4.0.1).

Washington Allocates a Billion US$ to Support Israel’s Active Rocket & Missile Defenses

Tamir Eshel — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:45:38 +0000

The US House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee included multiple allocations with a total amount of $947 million in the next year budget (FY 2013) to support Israel’s multi-level active rocket and missile defense programs. This is the highest single-year Appropriation ever for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow. “President Obama, Chairman [...]

Distrust, the Main Theme at the Moscow Missile Defense Conference

Tomasz Basarabowicz — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:17:37 +0000

Between Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov who dosn't rule out a preemptive strike against NATO missile defenses and Madelyn Creedon, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs claiming the US will not agree to any limitations on those systems, Russia's Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev reiterated Moscow's offer to run the missile shield together with NATO.

China is Interested in the Russian S400 Triumf

Tomasz Basarabowicz — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:26:26 +0000

According to some sources Beijing expressed interest to acquire Russian S-400 counter-missile system. To date the Chinese use the components of the S-300 system but are said to be willing to enter closer co-operation on military and technological levels which would eventually lead to implementation of the S-400′s in a [...]

Brits Testing 2012 London Olympic Security on a Week-Long Exercise

Tamir Eshel — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:15:58 +0000

Preparation for the Olympic Games is at full swing in the UK. On the security side, preparations for the event are underway as the Royal Navy, Marines, Army and Air Force are embarking on a full-scale exercise testing their pals, readiness and integration in an eight-day military exercise called Olympic Guardian.

Lockheed Martin Develops a Lightweight Precision Weapon for Tactical UAVs

Tamir Eshel — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:25:43 +0000

Lockheed Martin successfully tested a new, lightweight precision guided weapon called 'Shadow Hawk' designed specifically for deployment from tactical unmanned aerial systems such as the MQ-7B Shadow 200 used by the US Marine Corps and Army.

Following the Trophy Success, RAFAEL Develops Hard Kill Countermeasures for Helicopters

Tamir Eshel — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:11:02 +0000

RAFAEL has demonstrated key elements for an active defense system for helicopters, designed to protect from unguided weapons such as Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG). The 'Fliker' interceptor is designed to minimize debris and thereby reduce the risk that shrapnel will hit and damage the aircraft.

Patriot PAC-3 Assisted by JLENS, Successfully Intercept a Cruise Missile Target

Tamir Eshel — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:05:14 +0000

Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target yesterday at the Utah Test and Training Range, in an unprecedented interoperability demonstration utilizing the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) and the PATRIOT system.

US Wants a Stake in Israel’s Iron Dome Technology

Tamir Eshel — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:58:38 +0000

Defense lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are demanding 'rights to Israel's the Iron Dome Technology' before releasing the requested $680 million to follow-on production of the Iron Dome anti-rocket weapon systems for Israel The Washington news blog The Hill reports. "The United States has invested nearly $900 million into Iron Dome work, yet it has no rights to the technology involved."