Space

By Marina Malenic The prime contractor for a next-generation Army short-range air defense program is preparing to propose integration of a lower-cost alternative interceptor missile into the system to save […]

By B.C Kessner BAE Systems recently unveiled its Boldstroke directable infrared countermeasures suite (DIRCM), a new integrated aircraft survivability system designed to protect aircraft from infrared-guided missiles and other evolving […]

The Navy completed recently the first live test of the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), meeting all performance objectives for the new warhead for the Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise […]

MBDA said it has “frozen the general definition” of its navalized, anti-air SIMBAD-RC turret, and that production of the first prototype launched at the end of summer 2010 will be […]

Raytheon [RTN] said it has entered into an agreement with Aselsan of Ankara, Turkey for the codevelopment of a major end item for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has successfully identified and tracked a target using its Multi-Mission Signal Processor for the Navy’s Aegis system, the third test in a series of exercises that began […]

By Ann Roosevelt Missile defense was high on the agenda as NATO foreign and defense ministers meet in Brussels 14 Oct. Ahead of the meeting, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh […]

By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Oct. 12 announced their comprehensive partner team to compete for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) development and sustainment […]

The second test firing of the Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HARDBUT) Next Generation Multiple Warhead System (NGMWS) was carried out successfully at the French Biscarrosse test range of the […]

By Marina Malenic A chemical laser integrated into a Boeing [BA] 747 failed to shoot down a target missile for the second time in a row Thursday, the Missile Defense […]