Market Watch: The United States Army is acquiring upgrade kits to make the combat-proven Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system better at detecting and destroying threats, cost less to operate, and run even more reliably than it already does. The U.S. Army recently awarded Raytheon Company RTN, +0.73% a contract modification to an existing… read more
Real Clear Defense: American servicemembers in Rota, Spain can rest easy. Personnel deployed to Camp Lemonier in Djbouti can likewise sleep soundly at night. That’s because those are the only two US bases in Europe and the Middle East that are out of the demonstrated range of recently employed Russian cruise missiles launched from Russian… read more
Defense Update: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today unveiled the ELM-2090S Spectra ‘mega radar,’ an ‘S band’ ‘companion’ to the Ultra UHF radar system introduced a few months ago at the Paris Air Show. The two radars are apparently part of a new, strategic, early-warning and defense system which has already become operational overseas. The dual-band,… read more
Investor’s Business Daily: The defense industry is likely to dominate the Dubai Airshow this coming week as regional military rivalries continue to heat up. Last month, Iranian state-run media said Tehran successfully tested a new precision-guided, long-range missile, and the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf countries could be in the market for more missile… read more
Defense News: The Netherlands has decided to modernize its existing Raytheon-made Patriot air and missile defense batteries instead of buying a new system like Lockheed Martin’s Medium Extended Air Defense System. The decision doesn’t help build the momentum that Lockheed and MBDA Deutschland — who are jointly developing MEADS for Germany — are hoping to gain… read more
The Diplomat: South Korea is going indigenous in its attempt to upgrade its missile defense capabilities. In 2006, the country announced that it would create the Korean Air and Missile Defense System (KAMD), an integrated air-land-sea structure for the detection and destruction of incoming North Korean missiles, including nuclear short-range ballistic missiles. The hardware involved… read more
U.S. Department of Defense The theater is getting new Aegis-class ballistic missile defense capabilities. The Navy is adding two more destroyers and a cruiser by 2017. The USS Ronald Reagan has arrived in Yokosuka, Japan, as the only American aircraft carrier based overseas. The region is also getting F-35 Lightning II and MV-22 Osprey aircraft,… read more
KBS World Radio A Japanese official says that final tests will be held next year on the SM-3 Block 2A interceptor missile which is being jointly developed with the U.S. to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles. Hideaki Watanabe, commissioner of Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency made the remark Wednesday while speaking at the… read more
Huffington Post A panel of leading defence and security experts say Canada’s new government should take the politically sensitive step of joining the U.S. ballistic missile defence program and talk with NATO about how to improve military deterrence in the Arctic. The Centre for International Policy Studies released a report Tuesday that could provide the… read more
The Hill: Congress intends to slash funds for the Obama administration’s counterterrorism partnership fund next year to reduce defense spending to a level negotiated last week between the White House and congressional leadership. The $1 billion fund, authorized in 2016, would fall to $750 million, according to documents obtained by The Hill that show where… read more