Missile Defense News

April 24, 2024

RTX breaks ground on $115 million expansion of Alabama missile integration facility

Huntsville Business Journal Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, recently broke ground on a $115 million, 26,000 square-foot expansion of

April 24, 2024

1st Batch Of S-500 AD Missiles Ready For Deployment; Russia Says Capable Of Intercepting Hypersonic Missiles

The Eurasian Times The Russian Defence Minister’s announcement, reported by the state-owned news agency TASS, signals a significant advance in Russia’s military

April 24, 2024

From oil rig to ocean fortress: US Navy to repurpose oil rigs for mobile defense

Interesting Engineering The US Navy is charting a bold course with its latest initiative, the Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP) concept.

April 23, 2024

Missile Defense Agency Officially Accepts Long Range Radar From Lockheed

The Defense Post Lockheed Martin has officially transferred the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) to the US Missile Defense Agency.

April 23, 2024

European nations with Patriot missiles hesitate to give the air defense systems to Ukraine

Associated Press European Union countries possessing Patriot air defense systems gave no clear signal on Monday whether they might be willing to

April 23, 2024

Lockheed Martin eyes Patriot interceptor production in Spain

Defense News Lockheed Martin has forged a partnership with a Spanish firm for the production of interceptor missile parts for

April 22, 2024

Germany Weighs $1.3 Billion Patriot Air-Defense System Purchase

Bloomberg Germany is looking at buying four additional Patriot missile-defense systems at a cost of as much as €1.2 billion

April 19, 2024

China scientists talk of powering hypersonic weapon with cheap Nvidia chip

The Register Researchers in China have reportedly demonstrated how a low-cost Nvidia Jetson module could theoretically be used to direct

April 19, 2024

The world must help Ukraine ensure that every Russian missile is intercepted – Zelenskyy

Yahoo! News Ukraine’s air defense systems are in dire shape, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following Russia’s deadly attack on Dnipro city center on

April 19, 2024

‘Mind-boggling’: Israel, Ukraine are mere previews of a much larger Pacific missile war, officials warn

Breaking Defense Instead of congratulating themselves over the allied defeat of Iran’s 300-plus drones and missiles on Saturday, top Pentagon officials said