DefenceTalkSystems to go aboard Apache helicopters Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) signed a $35 million contract to deliver Stinger® missiles and air-to-air launchers to the Republic of Korea Army in support of their recent procurement of AH-64 Apache helicopters. Under the previously announced foreign military sale, Raytheon will begin deliveries of the Stinger weapon systems in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-35-million-stinger-contract-for-south-korea-delivery-63690/

DefenceTalkCities and key infrastructure in the Republic of Korea will soon be better protected against ballistic missiles, aircraft, and other airborne threats. The Republic of Korea awarded Raytheon Company a $769.4 million Direct Commercial Sale contract to upgrade an undisclosed quantity of Patriot Air and Missile Defense System batteries to the latest Patriot Missile Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-upgrades-its-air-and-missile-defense-63688/

DefenceTalkA Patriot missile battery from U.S. Army Europe’s 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, or AAMDC, began arriving here, March 18, after a 1,200-kilometer tactical road movement, as part of a combined air and missile defense exercise with its Polish allies. Delta Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is participating in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-europe-air-defense-unit-deploys-to-poland-for-exercise-63611/

DefenceTalkThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and sailors aboard the USS Carney, USS Gonzalez, and USS Barry successfully completed a flight test involving the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system. At approximately 2:30 a.m. EST today, three short-range ballistic missile targets were launched near simultaneously from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Two Aegis BMD destroyers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bmd-system-tracks-simulates-engagements-of-three-short-range-ballistic-missiles-63285/

DefenceTalkAMRAAM-ER, NASAMS launcher will provide robust ground based air defense Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has begun development on an extended range variant of the combat-proven Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM®). Designed specifically for ground-based air defense, AMRAAM-ER will enable intercepts at longer range and higher altitudes. “With AMRAAM-ER, Raytheon is rewriting the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-unveils-extended-range-amraam-63233/

DefenceTalkTurkey is sending mixed signals over whether it will buy a multi-billion dollar anti-missile defense system from NATO allies or China. Turkey’s posturing could backfire, writes Jacob Resneck from Istanbul. Turkey’s announcement in 2013 that it had accepted a $3.4 billion (2.9 billion euros) bid from a blacklisted Chinese company sent shockwaves to its western […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-air-defense-missile-china-nato-talks-63228/

DefenceTalkIncreased interoperability and improved data sharing with international partners are key goals of U.S. Air and Missile Defense, or ADM, especially in the Pacific and U.S. Central Command theaters, said ADM force leaders. “Today we have Air and Missile Defense forces in nine countries, four combatant command areas of responsibilities,” said Col. Clement Coward, deputy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-looks-to-boost-air-missile-defense-partnerships-in-pacific-63159/

DefenceTalkAcross the globe, a variety of air and missile defense threats are evolving and proliferating. At the same time, adversaries are exploiting weaknesses in America’s air and missile defense system, said Brig. Gen. Christopher L. Spillman, commandant of the Army Air Defense Artillery School. Spillman and other missile defense experts met during an Association of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-services-aim-to-standardize-air-missile-defense-networks-63014/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol is in talks with Iran on modernizing the short range Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile defense systems, the plant’s assistant director general told RIA Novosti Thursday. “Iran has been operating a large number of our Tor-M1s. We [Iran and Russia] are holding talks about a possible modernization of the Tor-M1. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-in-talks-with-iran-on-tor-m1-missile-system-modernization-62491/

DefenceTalkBrazil and Russia could sign a contract on the delivery of Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to the Latin American country as early as in the first half of 2015, Brazilian Ambassador to Russia Antonio Jose Vallim Guerreiro said on Wednesday. “We hope very much that the contract will be signed this semester because the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-to-sign-pantsir-s1-air-defense-deal-with-russia-by-mid-2015-62309/