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China Developing New Waverider Hypersonic Vehicle

December 2, 2019 @ 08:09 AM

Chinas “Xingkong-2” currently undergoing trials, is the countrys first waverider hypersonic vehicle with its development starting a year prior to the DF-17. Enumerating differences between the DF-17 and the Xingkong-2 (Starry Sky-2), Ma Jun, a military expert, told state-run CCTV that the latter "might use a different flight pattern to the...

Lockheed Wins $3.33Bn to Support Military Communication Satellites

November 16, 2019 @ 05:23 AM

The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin $3.33 billion to support Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), Milstar and other satellites meant to relay secure communications for the armed forces of United States, Britain, Canada, Netherlands and Australia

Boeing Sets up New Consortium to Create All-domain Remote Sensing Network in...

October 23, 2019 @ 05:42 AM

Boeing has announced setting up a new consortium of international companies, called IRSA Development Group (IDG), to work on a scalable, all-domain system-of-systems for remote sensing and persistent monitoring of the Arctic and other remote areas. The network is called IRSA (Integrated Remote Sensing for the Arctic) and comprises satellites, high...

US Tests Nuclear-Capable Minuteman III ICBM

October 3, 2019 @ 04:30 AM

The US Air Force tested an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) early on Wednesday with a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Minuteman III is the only nuclear-capable ground-based ICBM that remains in service in the US

Lockheed Wins US Navy’s Trident II D5 Weapon Systems Support Contract

August 20, 2019 @ 08:37 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $13.4 million modification contract to provide US Trident II (D5) Strategic Weapon System efforts for the navigation subsystem, Pentagon announced Monday

US Tests Cruise Missile, First After INF Treaty Withdrawal

August 20, 2019 @ 07:09 AM

The United States (US) test-fired a new ground-launched cruise missile on Monday, making it the first test launch after Washington opted out of the Cold War eras Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. “On Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 2:30 p

Russia Set to Export Three RD-180 Rocket Engines to United States

June 22, 2019 @ 10:54 AM

Russian rocket engine manufacturer NPO Energomash has prepared for export three RD-180 rocket engines to the United States “In June, representatives of Pratt & Whitney, United Launch Alliance and RD Amross signed the forms for three engines. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the aforementioned companies carried out an external inspection of the engines and completed the required documentation,” NPO Energomash said in a release

Raytheon To Upgrade US Navy’s Block IV Tomahawk Missile Equipment

June 18, 2019 @ 08:22 AM

Raytheon has won a $29.6 million contract to upgrade US Navys Block IV Tomahawk test and related equipment

Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable Shaheen-II Ballistic Missile

May 23, 2019 @ 01:44 PM

Pakistan armed forces on Thursday conducted a test launch of Shaheen-II, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. "The training launch was aimed at ensuring operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command

US Tests Nuclear-capable Minuteman III ICBM

May 2, 2019 @ 10:17 AM

The United States (US) has tested an unarmed nuclear-capable Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the US Air Force announced on Twitter Wednesday. The missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base

Indian Air-launched BrahMos Missile to be Tested in Combat Mode

April 30, 2019 @ 10:22 AM

India is planning a test of the air-launched BrahMos supersonic cruise in combat mode to test its ability to penetrate hostile environment. The test planned for the next few days will be the second of the BrahMos from the belly of a Su-30MKI fighter jet

US To Deploy THAAD Defense System In Romania

April 16, 2019 @ 08:44 AM

The United States has planned to deploy to Romania one of its seven Terminal High-Altitude Area-Defense (THAAD) missile-interceptor batteries, the army has announced. The planned summer 2019 deployment coincides with a shut-down of the US Aegis Ashore missile-defense site, also in Romania, for a scheduled upgrade

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