Marking a major milestone, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will display its anti-missile defense systems for the first time at Aero India 2013 which begins tomorrow in Bangalore, India. Rafael will display the Iron Dome short-range missile interception system and the Stunner interceptor against medium-range missiles used in the Magic Wand system, which is still in the test stage, according to Israeli newspaper Globes
In an on-going race between Israel and the U.S to supply third generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to the Indian Army in a project worth $1 billion, Tel Aviv might have an upper hand
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The U.S Navy has successfully launched six Rafael Spike missiles from an Unmanned Surface Vessel precision engagement module for the first time
South Korea has struck a $43 million deal with an Israeli company to buy advanced rockets to protect a front-line area attacked by North Korea last year, officials said Tuesday. South Korea will deploy 67 Spike NLOS rockets on Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong islands in the Yellow Sea as early as late this year, a South Korean government arms procurement official said
South Korea will deploy Israeli-made, precision-guided missiles to protect its western islands near the tense border with North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday. "A deal was reached recently to bring in Spike NLOS missiles developed by Israel," a military source was quoted as saying
The U S Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) recently demonstrated a miniaturized fire control system capable of arming small, tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with miniature weapons. It is called the Weapons Management Suite (WMS)
The United States is likely to bend its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) rules by offering the Lockheed Martin- Raytheon manufactured Javelin Anti-tank guided missile(ATGM) in a tender for approximately 1000 units of the highly effective ATGM. India had floated a tender in which the Israeli Spiker missile is also a contender
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $492,440,683 contract which will provide: 132 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-120D All-up-Round (AUR) missiles; 12 AIM-120D Air Vehicles Instrumented (AAVI); 87 AIM-120D Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM); 273 AIM-120C7 AURs for Foreign Military Sales customers; warranty for 85 AIM-120D AURs for the U
The military is sending thousands of mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to Afghanistan, even while a new version is being built, to protect troops against their biggest threat: improvised explosive devices. Because IEDs pose the biggest threat to troops in Afghanistan, the nation’s top military officer said yesterday, the military will keep the MRAPs flowing there until new versions built specifically for the Afghan terrain are ready for shipment