Sidewinder Missed the Target on the First Attempt
The first missile fired by a US F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet over Lake Huron on Sunday at an unidentified flying object missed the target.
raytheon News
Weapon / Missile
Sensors
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Oman Buys JSOW
The State Department approved a possible FMS to Oman of Joint Stand-Off Weapons (JSOW) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $385 million.
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
Expo and Air Show
The US Begins the Production of a New Javelin
JJV announced at AUSA that it will begin LRIP of the lighter Lightweight Command Launch Unit launchers for the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank systems.
Weapon / Missile
USAF Selects Raytheon and Northrop Grumman for HACM
US Air Force has selected Raytheon and Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM).
Weapon / Missile
US Gives Raytheon $985 Million to Develop Hypersonic Missile
USAF has awarded Raytheon a $985 million contract to develop hypersonic missiles based on scramjet technology.
Ammunition
Raytheon's StormBreaker is closer to F-35 integration
The US Navy conducted two StormBreaker® smart weapon-guided test vehicle releases from an F-35B Lightning II.
Weapon / Missile
Modernisation
Raytheon to upgrade AMRAAMs
Raytheon has been awarded a $972 million contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) upgrades.
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Bilateral Relations
Japan to Acquire AMRAAM's
The State Department approved a possible FMS to Japan of AIM-120C-7/8 AMRAAMs and related equipment for an estimated cost of $293 million.
Ammunition
USA Sells ammo to NATO's NSPA Agency
The State Department approved FMS to NATO's NSPA of Precision Guided Munitions and related equipment for an estimated cost of $22.7 million.
Bilateral Relations
China Imposes ‘Countermeasures’ on U.S. Companies
China announced it would take “countermeasures” against U.S. companies for selling U.S. arms worth $100 million to Taiwan.
Investment
Two Turkish companies entered the list of Top 100 Defence
Two Turkish companies entered the “Defence News Top 100” list. The list is prepared based on data from a year ago.
Weapon / Missile
USAF Awards Raytheon $2 Billion Contract for Nuclear Missile
United States Air Force awards Raytheon Technologies Corp a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile.
Air
Switzerland Prefers F-35 and Patriot
Swiss defence ministry announced that the country would defend its skies with Lockheed Martin’s F-35A aircraft and Raytheon’s Patriot air defence system.
Weapon / Missile
US Navy prefers longer-range targeting capacity
US Navy cancels AGM-154 JSOW-ER and favours Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158B JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range).
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Marines’ Unmanned Truck AShM Missile to Hit Target at Sea
The Marine Corps deployed an unmanned truck to the seashore to strike a surface target and launched a Navy missile from the vehicle.
Air
Ammunition
Unmanned Systems
Roketsan Unveiled its new guided ammunition: MAM-T
The new ammunition is kept confidential until its first test release from Baykar Akıncı UCAV; new guided ammunition: MAM-T
