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Germany Joins US AN/SPY-6 Radar Program

Germany has officially joined the United States' advanced AN/SPY-6 radar program, marking a significant shift in German naval defense cooperation. According to a US Department of Defense announcement from May 30, 2025, Raytheon Missiles and Defense was awarded a contract worth initially $536.75 million...
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A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie

Raytheon awarded $1 billion contract to continue SM-3 IB production for...

In a reversal of its original plans, the US Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has extended the life of the Standard Missile-3...
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The PATRIOT’s Anti-Cruise Missile Capabilities

For decades, experts have deemed advanced low-flying cruise missiles to be one of the more challenging and numerous threats air defense systems around the...
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16 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs hang from the right wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II. US Air Force photo.

US Navy seeks Small Diameter Bomb integration with F-18 Super Hornet

An amended Request for Information (RFI) that was updated on March 20th by the US Air Force's Armament Directorate has revealed that the US...
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The US Navy Plans to Carry Out Propulsion Tests for New...

This article was first published in April of 2024. The US Navy is planning to procure two to three flight test units for its...
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U.S. Navy Ships Set To Get Army PATRIOT Missiles

The U.S. Navy plans to move ahead with the introduction of Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missile into its...
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