The United States State Department approved Romania as a potential buyer of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM) coastal defense system, according to an announcement by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency… Continue reading "State Department Clears Romania For Naval Strike Missile Purchase"
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command has approved the Raytheon GBU-53/B StormBreaker smart weapon for use on the F-15E. The decision means that F-15E squadrons can now be equipped… Continue reading "StormBreaker Compact Smart Bomb Approved For Use on USAF F-15E"
Boeing has announced that they are teaming up with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems and Aerojet Rocketdyne for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) contract to build the Next Generation Interceptor… Continue reading "Boeing Names Team for U.S. ICBM Next Generation Interceptor Bid"
Due to COVID-19, the industry presence at Poland’sMSPO 2020 was sadly greatly reduced. Most large American firms still had a presence, albeit without their PR teams, so most American exhibitors… Continue reading "MSPO 2020 Overview – Industry Exhibitors"
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, earlier this month announced a major milestone has been achieved in the development of the HAWK or Hyper-sonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept for the… Continue reading "HAWC Hypersonic Cruise Missile Readies for Free-Flight Testing"
The U.S. Army has awarded 10 contracts to a number of companies worth a total of around $30 million to develop Air-Launched Effects (ALE) technologies for vertical lift aircraft planned… Continue reading "Air-Launched Effects Contracts Awarded by US Army"
The U.S. Navy successfully flew its newly developed Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) airborne electronic warfare system for the first time, it announced in a press release on the 10th August.… Continue reading "Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Completes First Flight"
For a whopping $2.3 billion Saudi Arabia has inked the deal to purchase seven AN/TPY-2 radars from Raytheon for their THAAD ballistic missile defense system. These radars will be the… Continue reading "Saudi Arabia Signs $2.3 Billion Contract for THAAD Radar"
Raytheon announced that it has been contracted by the US Army to begin the development of a solid fuel ramjet boosted artillery round known as XM1155 Extended Range Artillery Projectile… Continue reading "Raytheon to Collaborate with Dutch to Produce Ramjet Boosted Artillery"
On 13 April, 2020, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that the State Department had approved two Foreign Military Sale deals, with a combined estimated cost of $155 million.… Continue reading "India Strengthens Naval Deterrence with Potential Harpoon and MK54 Torpedo Acquisitions"