Barak 8 / MR-SAM Test Program Will Start in Early 2012

 

India and Israel are planning to conduct a system test of Barak 8 Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) early next year. IAI and DRDO are cooperating in the development of the Medium and Long Range Surface to Air Missile (MR-SAM/LR-SAM) missiles, also known as Barak-8, are preparing for the next milestone in the program – testing with its entire supporting system, in

Underwater Intruder Interception

Rafael is soon to complete development on the Torbuster – an underwater interception missile system designed to actively defend submarines against vessel- and helicopter-launched torpedoes.

Torpedoes are a deadly threat to submarines. For twenty-five years Rafael has been manufacturing the Scutter - a "reactive expendable acoustic torpedo decoy". The system launches a signal-transmitting decoy that imitates the signals a submarine emits, thereby attracting the incoming torpedo, whose homing device is based on acoustic identification. Unlike the Scutter that operates according to the "soft kill" principle (altering the sensory system of the

French Air Force IR-Guided Version of the Hammer

 

In July 2011 the French air force and Naval aviation began operational deployment of the infrared terminal guidance version (SBU-64) of the Hammer IR AASM modular air-to-ground weapon.

The new IR version features a guidance kit with an infrared imager in the nose cone, along with the standard hybrid GPS / inertial guidance systems. Following the initial deployment of the Hammer AASM, the French air force and navy carried out the

MBDA advances the FASGW/ANL programme

 

Since being launched as a Joint Assessment Phase in 2009, MBDA has been successfully developing the technical maturity data of the main FASGW(H)/ANL (Future Anti Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy)/Anti Navire Leger) sub-systems that highlight the forward momentum of this important Anglo-French missile programme.

Spain Will Host U.S. Ships for NATO Missile Defense

 

Spain and the U.S. have announced that Spain will provide a base for U.S. ships in support of NATO's missile defense system.

The Oct. 5 agreement was announced by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at NATO headquarters in the margins of a meeting of NATO

US Says THAAD Anti-Missile Test Successful

 

The Pentagon said Oct. 5 it intercepted two ballistic missiles in a successful test of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system.

It was the first operational test of the system aimed at intercepting missiles at high altitude in the final stage of their trajectory, officials said.

The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said that in the exercise at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, the system

Iran equips marine forces with 'cruise' missile

Iran has equipped its naval forces with a short range "cruise missile," able to hit targets in costal areas and warships within "200 kilometres (125 miles), the country's defence minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

"Today we are witnessing the equipping of the Guards navy and army navy with ample numbers of the Qader cruise

New Russian Missile Fails Test Launch

 

A new intercontinental Russian missile whose development has been kept as a state secret failed in its first test-firing and crashed back into the launch zone, reports said Sept. 28.

Reports published on Russian news agencies about the failed test firing from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia appeared to be the

NEW RBS 15 MK3 MISSILES

 

The official roll-out of the RBS15 Mk3 Surface-to-Surface Missile for the German Navy took place at a ceremony of the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement. High-ranking representatives of the Federal Ministry of Defence, the Federal Office of Technology and Procurement, the German Navy as well as the industrial partners Diehl

Raytheon-Boeing's proven Joint Air-to-Ground Missile

 

The Raytheon-Boeing JAGM features a fully integrated tri-mode seeker that incorporates semi-active laser, uncooled imaging infrared and millimeter wave guidance. The system leverages proven components from other Raytheon and Boeing programs, including the Raytheon Small Diameter Bomb II and Boeing aircraft launchers.

TALON Test TALON Laser-Guided Rocket For Key Development

 

Raytheon has completed additional testing of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket on the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. Raytheon and Emirates Advanced Investment Group are developing TALON under a cooperative development effort.
TALON met or exceeded all Raytheon test objectives, which included firing from hovering and moving platforms and engaging targets from short

Raytheon SM-3 Sales Will Be Depend on Ships With Mk41 Launcher

Raytheon presented its prototype dual-band data link, designed to enable ships to use S-band and X-band radars to communicate with the SM-3 missile and guide it to its target, namely, an enemy medium-range ballistic missile in the exo-atmosphere. LONDON - Raytheon's hopes of selling its SM-3 missile to European navies are focused on 10 out of 24 warships equipped with the Smart-L or active phased array radar (APAR), said Wes Kremer, vice president for air and missile defense systems.

RUSSIA WILL DEVELOP NEW ICBM SYSTEM BY 2013

Russian scientists will develop a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system by 2013, a leading missile designer said on Thursday.

"I cannot be specific about the details but new design solutions will significantly boost the fire control and communications components of the system," said Yury Solomonov, general designer at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology.

US SM-3 interceptor fails to hit target in test

 

WASHINGTON: An advanced Standard Missile-3 ballistic interceptor failed to hit its target in its first test launch conducted over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, the US Defense Department said.

The SM-3 Block 1B interceptor missile was launched yesterday from a US Navy vessel about 90 seconds after the firing of a short-range ballistic missile target, but the target was not intercepted, the US Missile Defense Agency, a unit of the Pentagon, said.

The agency will conduct "an extensive investigation to determine the cause of the failure to intercept," it said in a statement.

INDIA WILL EXPLORE BRAHMOS CRUISE MISSILES IN 2012

 

The BrahMos Supersonic cruise missile will be inducted into the Air Force in 2012, a top Defence Research and Development Organisation official said.

The missile has already been inducted into the army and navy, BrahMos Aerospace Managing Director and Chief Controller, DRDO, A Sivathanu Pillai, told reporters at Chunkankadai, near here.

The BrahMos missile, a joint venture of India and Russia, is the first such in the world, he claimed.

INDIA WANTS NEW CRUISE MISSILES

 

India’s ministry of defense is seeking information from vendors across the globe about the purchase of a new  long-range missile featuring a light warhead. 

According to the ministry’s request for information (RFI), the missile system will be fired from Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters.

“After successful integration, series modification is to be carried out,” the RFI says. “The missile should be light in weight, having a long range with reattack capability.”