The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $47,7 million contract for infrared Maverick units. The deal funds the purchase of a 95 infrared guidance system for AGM-65 Maverick tactical, air-to-surface guided missile. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by Oct. […]

The U.S. Navy has released footage from recent exercise in the Arabian Gulf that showed tests of the MK-60 Griffin guided-missile system. “The exercise demonstrated a proven capability for the ships to defend against small boat threats and ensure maritime security through key chokepoints in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, connecting the Mediterranean and […]

Last week, the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office, conducted a flight test of a prototype conventionally-configured, ground-launched ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base that really unnerved the Russian military and politicians. This test marked the second of a prototype conventionally-configured, ground-launched missile system since the U.S. withdrew from the […]

U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp has delivered the 1000th AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). AARGM is a supersonic, air-launched tactical missile system, with the mission of destroying enemy air defenses, ensuring freedom of maneuver. AARGM is a U.S. Department of theNavy and Italian Air Force International Cooperative Program. A ceremony at the Northrop […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a $988,8 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for the next-generation hypersonic weapon system, U.S. Department of Defense reported on Monday. The modification to the previously awarded contract covers critical design review, test and production readiness support of the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, program. […]

Northrop Grumman, one of the world’s largest defense contractors, announced on Monday that it has been selected as one of four Other Transaction Authority awards for the Phase IIa Prototype Payload Design and Signal-chain Processing Demonstration of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. Hypersonic systems are a game-changer […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $134,7 million U.S. Army contract modification for the latest high-impact weapons systems. The Department of Defense has announced that Lockheed Martin Corp., was awarded a $134,707,194 modification (P00094) to contract W31P4Q-15-C-0102 for procurement of the Joint-Air-to-Ground Missiles, or JAGM. The JAGM designed to ultimately replace the […]

The U.S. Air Force retired an integral component of the United States’ long-range strategic bombing capabilities – the final Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) package. The CALCM missile package is retired at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 20, 2019. Initially beginning design in 1974, the CALCM missile has been employed in combat operations to […]

This week the U.S. Air Force awarded a contract to Raytheon Missiles Systems Co. for Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) technical support, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 22 November. The combined indefinite-delivery and indefinite quantity contract valued at $72 million. The work under the new contract is expected to be […]

U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Company has been awarded a $7 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for Paveway series laser-guided bomb kits. The modification provides a total package approach (TPA) for Paveway-specific activities including, but not limited to: studies, production, certification, integration and sustainment. This modification increases the ceiling of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the […]