Tag: NATO

  Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) has recently delivered its Ground Target Acquisition System (GTAS) to a NATO country's Artillery Forward Observer (FO) units. GTAS, developed...

Ankara has selected China's missile developer CPMIEC to deliver the strategic US$3.44 billion missile defense shield for Turkey. China's Precision Machinery Import Export Company...

The Italian Army and French Air Force carried out yesterday a successful intercept of a ballistic missile target, testing a European missile defense architecture based on the European SAMP / T missile defense system.

The Turkish Phantom downed by the Syrians could have performed a ‘teasing’ game, in an attempt to stimulate the Syrian air defenses to activate their fire control radars. Such counteraction would give away critical data that could be used to optimize electronic Turkish or NATO countermeasures in case the alliance decides to involve in the situation and enforce a ‘no fly zone’ over Syria.

Between Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov who dosn't rule out a preemptive strike against NATO missile defenses and Madelyn Creedon, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs claiming the US will not agree to any limitations on those systems, Russia's Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev reiterated Moscow's offer to run the missile shield together with NATO.

Turkey has vetoed Israel's inclusion in a NATO summit in Chicago until Israel issues a formal apology for an attack on a Turkish ship in 2010.

The US military European Command and the Israeli Ministry of Defense decided to reschedule a large missile defense exercise originally planned to take place in Israel in April 2012. The exercise will be held at a later date, in the second half of this year.

MBDA has won a contract from NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) for the dismantling and destruction of 36,000 missiles, rockets and artillery rounds carrying 15 million cluster munitions. The munition processing plant will be installed at MBDA’s Bourges Subdray site in central France at an investment of around €12 million, creating about 20 direct jobs.

The PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) performed the first successful intercept test today fired from the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) MEADS lightweight launcher and employing the MEADS system battle manager. The test, first of three planned in the next 24 months, are part of the ongoing system development, currently funded through 2014.

Post strike Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) views taken after NATO attacks at the Libyan Air Force base at Miserata, prior to the rebels takeover...

Post strike Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) views taken after NATO attacks at the Libyan Air Force base at Miserata, prior to the rebels takeover...

March 25 - April 19, 2011 As seen by satellite photos, The Libyan Airbase at Al Jufra remains dormant for years, as aircraft suc as...

Northrop Grumman Corporation submitted its final proposal for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) core capability. NATO AGS system will employ an air segment consisting...

U.S. DOD Introduces A New XML-Like Military Standard Linking Information Across Networked Applications A new information exchange standard designed to improve interoperability among U.S. Department of...