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Turkey discusses Patriot deployment with NATO
Turkey said Wednesday it is in talks with NATO over the possible deployment of Patriot missiles on its soil amid the escalating conflict in neighbouring Syria, but the prime minister insisted that no request has yet been made. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters during a visit to Brussels that it was only “normal” to [...]
Qatar, UAE request $7.6 bn in missile defense: US
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have asked to buy more than $7.6 billion in US missile defense technology, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The orders for the Lockheed Martin-made equipment were detailed in documents posted online late Monday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which said it had notified Congress of the request. Qatar has [...]
Lockheed Martin to Improve Jordanian Air Defense
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (LMT) a $26 million foreign military sales contract to modernize the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s national air command, control and communications infrastructure. Lockheed Martin will provide the Kingdom of Jordan with an integrated, real-time air picture across multiple command centers and many remote sites to better protect [...]
Lockheed Martin Introduces Advanced Air and Missile C2 System
In response to the increasingly complex national and multi-national requirements for Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Lockheed Martin has developed a solution that deliver new levels of performance to address evolving threats. By linking weapon and sensor data with advanced map-based Command and Control (C2) capabilities, the DIAMONDShield C2 platform provides operators a wide range [...]
MEADS Friend Or Foe Identification System Completes Certification Testing
The tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has successfully completed certification testing for its advanced Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system at Pratica di Mare Air Force Base in Italy. All friend or foe identification scenarios were fully tested in collaboration with the U.S. Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System Identification Friend [...]
Israel, US Start Largest Ever Air Defense Exercise
The Israeli and United States armed forces started their largest-ever joint air defense and anti-missile exercise on Sunday, involving thousands of service personnel and the two nation’s principal air defense missile systems, the Israeli Army told RIA Novosti. The Austere Challenge exercises, taking place in Israel and the neighboring waters, involve 3,500 Americans and over [...]
Russia to Protect South Borders With S-400 Air Defense Systems
The air defense units of Russia’s Southern Military District will be rearmed with advanced S-400 Triumf air defense systems by the end of 2012, a spokesman for the district said on Monday. The Southern Military District was created in October 2010. It comprises the republics of Adygea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Chechnya, [...]
Iran scoffs at Israel air defences after drone flight
Iran on Sunday scoffed at Israel’s air defences as it confirmed Tehran had provided Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah with the sophisticated drone which overflew the Jewish state earlier this month. Iran’s “capabilities are very high and are at the disposal and service of Islamic nations,” Defence Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said, quoted by state television [...]
US and Israel to launch massive air defense drill
The U.S. and Israeli militaries are engaged in final preparations for the largest-ever joint missile defense drill in the allies’ history. The three-week exercise, dubbed Austere Challenge 12 (AC12), will start on Oct. 21, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday, citing an army source. American officers are reportedly already in Israel to supervise the arrival of [...]
