DefenceTalkThe United States on Thursday approved a series of deals worth more than $7 billion to supply military helicopters, planes and missiles to four of its Arab allies. The green light, announced by the State Department, will mark another windfall for plane maker Boeing and other large US defense manufacturers. But it may face opposition […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-7-bn-in-aircraft-sales-to-arab-allies-68652/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company has successfully flight-tested the newest variant of the combat-proven AMRAAM missile from the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS, surface-based system. Featuring an enlarged rocket motor and other enhancements, AMRAAM-ER will greatly expand the NASAMS engagement envelope with a 50 percent increase in maximum range and 70 percent increase in maximum altitude. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-amraam-er-missile-flight-tests-from-nasams-air-defense-system-68292/

DefenceTalkIn a first-of-its-kind engagement, a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 linked with an F-35 fighter destroyed a medium-range, medium-altitude, subsonic target. The USS Desert Ship (LLS 1), a land-based U.S. Navy Combat System equipped with the latest AEGIS Baseline, fired the SM-6, which intercepted the over-the-horizon target, out of sight of its operators. The mission was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-links-sm-6-missile-with-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-68169/

DefenceTalkPolish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on Monday said he would ink a letter of intent with US defense firm Raytheon to buy a Patriot missile system valued at an estimated 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion). The EU member’s previous government had said in April it planned to buy the Patriot system, but soon after coming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-moves-towards-multi-billion-euro-patriot-missile-deal-67772/

DefenceTalkTOW missiles provide affordable accuracy to US, international forces AMMAN, Jordan: Jordan’s Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to acquire tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, or TOW, missiles made by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN). Raytheon will begin deliveries this year. “Our international partners rely on the kind of extended-range […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jordan-to-acquire-raytheons-tow-missiles-67445/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company will offer a new missile design to meet the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) requirement to replace current army tactical missile system weapons. “Our LRPF design will provide the U.S. Army with double the combat power of its ground launchers by utilizing a new design that fits two missiles in a single […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-to-offer-new-long-range-missile-for-us-army-fires-requirement-67094/

DefenceTalkSM-6 air defense interceptor proves surface-to-surface engagement capability PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii: Raytheon Company’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) successfully engaged a surface target — the decommissioned USS Reuben James (FFG 57) — in a recent flight test. The test was a demonstration of the U.S. Navy’s concept of “distributed lethality,” employing ships in dispersed formations […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-standard-missile-6-successfully-hits-surface-target-66956/

DefenceTalkRaytheon and the U.S. Navy have conducted a successful operational test of the new Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 gliding, precision-guided weapon. Conducted in a challenging flight environment, the test further demonstrated the capabilities of JSOW C-1 against a broad set of land targets. Launched from an F/A-18F Super Hornet at approximately 29,000 feet, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jsow-c-1-gliding-weapon-scores-direct-hit-in-1st-operational-test-66777/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company’s SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system used a Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 for the first time to intercept an incoming target during a U.S. Navy live-fire exercise at China Lake in California. Raytheon Company’s SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system used a Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 for the first time to intercept an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/searam-hits-target-with-newest-missile-variant-in-us-navy-test-66347/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company (RTN) has been awarded a $255,281,689 fixed-price-incentive firm target modification to a previously awarded contract to procure mission system equipment for the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). This contract modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this award to $349,243,022. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-255-million-for-ddg-1002-66264/