The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, a new, longer-range variant of the SM-3 interceptor, has achieved its first shoot-down of a ballistic missile target, according to the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its industry partners.During a Feb. 3 test, a medium-range ballistic missile ...
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New T-X Entrant. Stavatti Aerospace is entering the Air Force’s T-X trainer competition, according to a company statement. Stavatti will offer its Javelin, a new twin-engine, two-seat, high performance military jet trainer and very light fighter (VLF) aircraft. Derived from the ATG Javelin Mk-30, ...
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Friday reached a deal on a new batch of F-35s that totals roughly $9 billion.The total low rate initial production (LRIP) lot 10 deal includes 90 aircraft—55 jets for the United States and 35 jets for international partners and foreign military sale (FMS) ...
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $202 million firm-fixed-price, level-of-effort foreign military sales (FMS) contract for engineering services for the Patriot weapon systems program, the Defense Department said Feb. 1.The FMS includes Patriot work for Germany, Israel, Japan, the Republic of ...
An upcoming missile defense review by the Department of Defense is long overdue and could lead to improvements in several important areas, according to a former chief of naval operations.The review presents an opportunity to set priorities for missile defense spending, something that has been ...
The USS Antietam, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser (CG-54), sustained significant damage to its two propellers Jan. 31 when it ran aground while anchoring in Tokyo Bay near Yokosuka, Japan, the U.S. Navy said.Navy divers are inspecting the propellers to determine the full extent of the ...
A directive for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expedite the completion of a program to record biometrics of foreign nationals arriving to and departing from the United States was tucked away in President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order Friday suspending immigration from ...
Defense Budget. The Trump administration tentatively plans to develop a fiscal year 2017 defense budget amendment in parallel with a 30-day readiness review, according to a draft executive order obtained by the Washington Post. The document also calls for a revised FY 2018 budget request in 90 days, ...
Japan is pursuing a mix of imported, indigenous and cooperatively developed technologies to beef up its defenses as China, North Korea and Russia flex their muscles with various new weapon systems, a Japanese defense official said Dec. 19.Japan faces an “increasingly severe” security ...
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is proposing adding $430 billion in defense spending over the next five fiscal years to address what he calls a damaged military.Acknowledging that his proposed budget boost is $100 billion above sequestration budget caps, McCain ...