The US Navy has commissioned a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer ship for the DDG 51 program. The guided missile destroyer will be named after Paul Robert Ignatius, who served in the Navy in WWII and acted as assistant secretary of defence for installations and logistics under the Lyndon B ...
A new missile decoy designed to protect Typhoon jets from missiles is being trialled by the RAF. Defence Minister Stuart Andrew announced the beginning of a series of capability tests of BriteCloud, a drinks-can sized missile decoy to protect combat jets from the latest radar-guided missiles. BriteCloud by Leonardo uses radar ...
Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) has successfully detected, tracked and simulated engagements with hostile targets at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. During the live air test, IBCS demonstrated its ability to combine data from sensors and various information sources to engage ...
Northrop Grumman has been chosen by the US Air Force for a contract to sustain and modify a worldwide network of ground-based radars deemed critical to the success of its missile warning/missile defence and space tracking missions. The competitively awarded Sustainment and Modification of Radar Sensors (SMORS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) ...