The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $551M contract to begin production of its Patriot air and missile defense system for the Kingdom of Bahrain, the company announced on Monday.
Read More »Decisive Analytics Gets Army Task Order to Design, Integrate Tech at Reagan Test Site
Decisive Analytics has secured a potential five-year, $36.6M task order to help the U.S. Army design, develop, test and integrate technologies at Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands.
Read More »Report: Romania Eyes Raytheon-Built Patriot Missiles for Integrated Air Defense System
Romania looks to buy Raytheon-built Patriot missiles as part of the country’s military modernization efforts, Reuters reported Thursday. Radu-Sorin Marinas writes Romania wants to integrate Patriots into an air defense system comprised of six F-16 fighter jets in an effort to address NATO standards. “We’re assessing all options to develop this (acquisition) program,” Gen. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of …
Read More »DoD OKs Sale of Raytheon SM-6 Missile Tech to International Customers
The Defense Department has authorized the sale of Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-6 offering to international customers that seek to adopt the platform to support their shipbuilding programs. Raytheon said Tuesday SM-6 is designed to protect naval ships against ballistic and cruise missiles, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. Mike Campisi, SM-6 senior program director at …
Read More »Raytheon to Provide Interface Upgrade for Netherlands’ Integrated Air & Missile Defense System
The Netherlands’ defense materiel organization has awarded Raytheon a direct commercial sales contract of undisclosed value to provide a new operator-machine interface upgrade for the country’s integrated air and missile defense system. Raytheon said Thursday it will update the Netherlands’ Patriot IAMD system through the company-built Modern Man Station user interface that works …
Read More »Raytheon SM-6 Conducts Navy’s Longest Range Surface-to-Air Intercept
Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-6 has set a record for the U.S. Navy‘s longest range surface-to-air intercept after the missile engaged an over-the-horizon target. The company said Friday the SM-6 was deployed from the Navy’s USS Princeton cruiser that features an Aegis baseline 9 combat system. The missile also broke its own record in January after SM-6 surpassed …
Read More »Navy Demos Lockheed-Built Ballistic Missiles; Mat Joyce Comments
The U.S. Navy has completed the flight tests for Lockheed Martin-developed ballistic missiles as part of a naval operation to confirm the deployment readiness of an overhauled submarine. Two unarmed Trident II D5 Fleet ballistic missiles were launched from an Ohio-class submarine in the Pacific Ocean during the demonstration on Nov. …
Read More »Raytheon Hands Navy First Standard Missile-3 From New Plant; Taylor Lawrence Comments
Raytheon has handed a Standard Missile-3 weapon over to the U.S. Navy with the goal of intercepting short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. This marks the first time the company delivered SM-3 from its new Huntsville, Ala., facility, which also produces the Standard Missile-6 interceptor, Raytheon said Tuesday. Taylor Lawrence, president …
Read More »Navy Approves New Lockheed New Aegis System for Deployment
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s latest version of a ship-based missile defense system has been certified by the Navy for deployment, according to a company announcement. The updated Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system provides two layers of active missile defense and surveillance for shipss to defend against short-to-intermediate range ballistic missiles. The …
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