Already fully integrated with proven reliability on Typhoon, Tornado, Gripen and F/A-18, ASRAAM is also being integrated onto the F-35 Lightning II. Proven capability demonstrated by firings from a range of aircraft, including: F-16, F/A-18, Tornado F3, Tornado GR4 and Typhoon aircraft. […]
Italian-French consortium “Eurosam” offering the “SAMP/T” system that uses Aster 30 Block 1 missiles. SAMP-T with its technological superior over any other modern air defense systems. The SAMP/T is technically compatible with the weapons, systems and platforms used by NATO countries. The SAMP/T is a theatre anti-missile system designed to protect battlefield and sensitive tactical sites, so Aster-30 Block-1 seemed to fulfill the requirements of France and Italy, and exported to Singapore and Azerbaijan. […]
The Russian-made Buk, Pantsir-S1, Pechora, Tor-M1, S-300 and S-400 missiles have never been supplied with IFF transponder that fulfill the operational requirements of a specific country where missiles are used. This is exactly why Turkish […]
Developed by Hanwha Systems and LIG Next1, the L-SAM is a further development of Cheolmae-2 surface-to-air missiles. The South Korean Ministry of National Defense was promoting the work of improving the intermediate-range Cheolmae-2 surface-to-air missiles to the level of the upgraded S-400 type of ballistic missile interceptor system (Cheolmae 4-H) or L-SAM. […]
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Iran on Wednesday after being hit by what the US and other governments say was an Iranian air-defense missile. The missile system in question, a Russian-made Tor-M1, designated […]
The South Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Samsung Thales, Doosan DST and LIG Nex1 completed the development of the KM-SAM or Cheongung-2. LIG Nex1 will launches mass production in 2019. […]
In addition to the consortium partners Germany (pilot nation), Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Spain, further countries worldwide decided to procure IRIS-T. It was selected as standard weapon for the Eurofighter, F-16, EF-18, Tornado and Gripen fighter aircraft. […]
Russia hopes that Turkey will purchase another batch of air defense systems S-400, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov told the round-the-clock television news channel Rossiya-24 in an interview. “It is very likely they will use this […]
The Trump administration has stalled the implementation of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) on Turkey, which prohibits any nation from purchasing military hardware from Russia, North Korea and Iran. In July, Turkey […]
On 22 November 2019, MBDA has announced that it has been awarded a contract from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the integration of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) onto the KF-X future Korean fighter aircraft. The KF-X is […]
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