TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract to continue upgrading Patriot missiles by adding the capability to engage and destroy cruise and ballistic missiles
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Two Japanese Patriot crews recently engaged targets in a successful practice firing at Fort Bliss, Texas
DALLAS --- Airmen of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), supported by Lockheed Martin and the U.S
PENTAGON --- The Pentagon says China has canceled and postponed some military exchanges to protest the approval of new weapons sales to Taiwan.>> Major Stuart Upton says China has postponed or canceled senior level visits and exchanges on cooperation in disaster relief between now and the end of November
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company has won the first stage of a competitive, multi-phase U
WASHINGTON --- Today the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan of 330 PATRIOT Advanced Capability (PAC-3) missiles, as well as associated equipment and services.>> The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $3
One of the key arguments offered by supporters of Boeing's bid to supply the Air Force the next generation of aerial refueling tankers consisted of a protectionist attack on winning bidder Northrop Grumman due to the company's decision to engage Airbus parent company EADS as a key subcontractor. These often shrill attacks focused on a supposed threat embedded in the fact that EADS is a foreign supplier
DALLAS --- Lockheed Martin and Airmen of the Japanese Self Defense Force successfully supported the first international PAC-3 Missile flight test yesterday at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The test was an engagement against a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target, which was intercepted and destroyed by a PAC-3 Missile delivered to the Japan Self Defense Force
As Turkey moves to upgrade its weapons systems, Ankara is considering all options and possible suppliers, including Moscow. The value of such runs into billions of dollars, generating intense competition, particularly over contracts to supply Turkey with an advanced surface-to-air missile system, with potential capabilities against ballistic missiles
In a significant step towards developing a missile defence shield, India will for the second time test-fire a missile to intercept an incoming target in the exo-atmosphere - above 40 km altitude - in the next few days. The first test of the interceptor missile was conducted in 2006