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India Tests Mobile Canister Version of Agni Nuclear-capable Ballistic Missile

January 31, 2015 @ 07:35 AM

India test-fired its nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni-5', which can strike targets over 5,000 km and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne, from a launch centre in the countrys east coast. Todays launch from a mobile canister means the missile is a step closer to deployment with the...

Russia's 100 Ton Sarmat Missile To Enter Service In 2020, Test Launch

January 30, 2015 @ 09:22 AM

Russia is planning to conduct the drop test of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile this year and a test launch by 2017, according to ITAR-TASS. The new 100-ton missile is expected to enter service in 2020, and is likely to replace the Cold-War era R-36 missile

Boeing, Lockheed Win $383 Million Launch Services Contract For USAF

January 29, 2015 @ 01:37 PM

The US Air Force on Wednesday awarded a $383 million contract for more launch services to United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin bringing the total value of the contract to $4.08 billion

US Army Unveils $27 Million Virtual THAAD Missile Launch Training Facility

January 27, 2015 @ 11:28 AM

The US army on Friday started the services new virtual training facility, moving from training whole batteries on its newest missile defense system to individual training in a classroom. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is designed to intercept tactical ballistic missiles

Israel TV Shows Long Range Missile Developed by Iran

January 22, 2015 @ 12:34 PM

Iran has built a 27-meter-long missile, capable of delivering a warhead “far beyond Europe,” and placed it on a launch pad at a site close to Tehran. The missile could be used to launch spacecraft and carry warheads, an Israeli television report said Wednesday, Times Of Israel reported

GKN Aerospace To Showcase Fuel Systems Technology At Aero India 2015

January 22, 2015 @ 11:15 AM

GKN Aerospace will showcase its latest fuel systems and emergency flotation systems at Aero India 2015, held from 18-22 February 2015. GKN will display a flexible fuel cell for military rotorcraft alongside a scaled model of the B212 helicopter fitted with a GKN Aerospace emergency flotation system

US Navy’s MUOS-3 Communications Satellite Launched

January 21, 2015 @ 12:17 PM

The US Navys third MUOS Secure Communications Satellite built by Lockheed Martin has been responding to commands after the launch yesterday. The MUOS satellite constellation operates like a smart phone network in the sky, vastly improving current secure mobile satellite communications for warfighters on the move

S Korea to Build 5 Military Satellites to Spy on North

January 19, 2015 @ 10:09 AM

Five South Korean military satellites will be launched by 2022 to deter North Korea's evolving security threats, Yonhap News said quoting military officers. "The state arms procurement agency will sign a contract with a private company for the project in October, and its development is to be led by Agency for Defense Development (ADD)," the news agency said quoting an unnamed military officer

Kongsberg Signs Copernicus Satellite Support Contract

January 12, 2015 @ 03:01 PM

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) announced today that it has signed a new satellite support contract with a total value of $220 million with the European Space Agency for operational support related to the Sentinel satellites in the Copernicus program. KSAT has signed an extension to the existing contract for ground station support for the sentinel satellites in the European Copernicus program

RS-24 Yars Missile Test-Fired

December 26, 2014 @ 10:26 AM

Russias intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars has been test fired from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the countrys northwest. The missiles dummy warheads with given accuracy hit a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East

RUAG Acquires Patria’s Space Unit

December 26, 2014 @ 07:57 AM

RUAG has acquired Patrias Space unit to become part of RUAGs Space division, which includes the business operations and assets. Patrias Space activities are currently part of the Finnish companys Systems Business Unit

Cannister-Based Launch Of Agni V Missile Next Month

December 22, 2014 @ 11:47 AM

The first Canister based test firing of nuclear capable Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V will be conducted next month by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) at the defence base off Odisha coast. The test is likely to take place on January 7 or 8 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to witness the launch

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