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The US Dept of Defense will award a contract for its new AIM-9X infrared air-to-air missile on Dec 13, 1996. The military is expected to buy as many as 10,000 of the missiles, and there is the potential for substantial foreign sales.

The UK is mulling replacements for the BL775 cluster bomb system and is considering three alternatives: a missile, a submunition dispensing system and a hybrid of both. High priority is being placed on the number of weapons necessary to achieve a minimum kill probability. The air-launched antiarmor weapon must be able to destroy multiple targets per pass and be lethal from a number of directions. It will see service on Harrier, Tornado and Eurofighter jets.

Seven of the West's leading missile makers are vying to build the UK's Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM). The contract award will have a significant impact on the industry. Losing it could reduce European missile makers to niche players in the business because Britain might subsequently work more closely with the US for its weapons needs. CASOM is to be an air-launched missile that can strike hardened, point targets from a distance of 350 km.

One year into its five-year development plan, the US Navy's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) is being groomed for a diverse international market. Italy may join as a development partner [...]

Israel's Rafael has confirmed that it is supplying hardware in support of Chile's purchase of Lockheed Martin F-16s, writes Stephen Trimble. The producer of the Python and Derby series of [...]

Textron Marine & Land, a New Orleans-based division of Wilmington, Mass.-based Textron Systems, was awarded a $30 million contract by the U.S. Navy as a modification to an existing U.S. [...]

n Raytheon is to produce 414 AIM-9M-2 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for Egypt and 182 for Taiwan under a $54.7 million contract. TCOM is to produce one low-altitude surveillance system for [...]

Eurosam has been handed a g3 billion ($3.4 billion)contract for the series production of 18 SAMP/T ground-launched air defence systems, and around 1,400 Aster 15 and Aster 30 surface-to-air missiles [...]

Lockheed Martin is expecting a US Air Force contract later this year to develop the extended range (ER) version of the AGM-158 JASSM stand-off missile. Initial deliveries of the standard [...]

Lockheed Martin plans to test fire the first army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) equipped with a penetrator re-entry vehicle later this year as the company looks for development work to [...]

Israeli air force Lockheed MartinF-16Is will carry a mix of Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAMand Rafael Derby radar-guided air-to-air missiles to increase the fighter's versatility. Meanwhile, the service is seeking upgrades for [...]

n Rockwell Collins is to supply flat-panel multifunction displays for 1,200 or more upgraded USArmy Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks under a contract valued at over $225 million (Flight International, 6-12 [...]

First launch of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V is due this week, in what head of the development programme John Karas describes as 'the most important [launch] in the history [...]

Poland has selected Rafael to supply its next-generation air-launched, anti-armour missile. The $250 million deal includes two types of Spike and infantry anti-tank munitions. Polish army combat helicopters - Mil [...]

n L-3's Link Simulation and Training division will deliver two Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 40L unit training devices worth $15.3 million to the Egyptian air force in 2003 and 2005. [...]

The US Air Force and European Partner Air Forces (EPAF) have postponed integration of the Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder and BGT IRIS-T air-to-air missiles with the Lockheed Martin F-16 until 2004-05, [...]

Raytheon has conducted the first flight test of a weapon favoured to replace the USArmy's Crusader artillery system, which the USDepartment of Defense is planning to cancel. The test validated [...]

BAE Systems has initiated design studies into building new Nimrod MRA4 fuselages as part of the company's bid for the US Navy Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) programme. Nimrod managing director [...]

n Sagem has received orders worth g150 million ($138 million) to supply inertial navigation systems for Dassault Rafale fighters and NHIndustries NH90 helicopters. Raytheon has received the first production contract [...]

JDAMtrials The first ripple-drop of five JDAM guided bombs from aBoeing F-15E and the first drop of 454kg (1000lb) GBU-31 JDAMfrom aBoeing AV-8B have been completed. The latter took place [...]

The US Army is seeking funding to begin Raytheon Loitering Attack Munition-Aviation (LAM-A) flight tests next year. It aims to prove the concept of an airborne-launched long-range missile that can [...]

India and Russia will begin serial production of the Brahmos anti-ship cruise missile next year. The programme is a joint development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and [...]

The US Government has cleared the Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM for sale to Brazil. The approval, which emerged at last week's FIDAE air show in Santiago, Chile, opens the door for [...]

Malaysia is expected to announce this week theselection of the MBDA Jernas short-range ground-based air defence system, ending along-running competition. Sources close to the competition say the Malaysian army has [...]

The UKMinistry of Defence has launched a two-phase programme potentially worth ?7 billion ($10 million) to overhaul its ground based air defence system (GBADS). A Defence Procurement Agency (DPA)source says [...]

Orbital Sciences has been awarded a $400 million contract by US missile defence lead integrator Boeing to develop and test a boost vehicle for the ground-based midcourse defence (GMD) system. [...]

Boeing and Lockheed Martin have received contracts from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA)to lead integration in the USA's missile defence activities. Lockheed Martin, meanwhile, has won a USNavy contract [...]

Turkey has restarted talks on acquiring the Israel AircraftIndustries Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile system to fill a long-defined defence requirement. The move follows the deal with Boeing to produce missile [...]

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are soon to receive so-called national team contracts to lead integration of the USA's various missile defence programmes. The appointment of Boeing to lead systems engineering [...]

Boeing is to build around 50% of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Arrow missile following the companies' agreement last month to co-operate on the anti-ballistic missile programme (Flight International 1-7 [...]

MBDA Missile Systems is hoping to boost its order book with $4 billion worth of additional business this year. The company plans to strengthen its presence in Europe by linking [...]

BGT has secured contracts to integrate the IRIS-Tair-to-air missile with two of the programme's key fighter platforms, the Eurofighter and Lockheed MartinF-16. The Greek air force has awarded a contract [...]

The UKRoyalAir Force has received its first MBDAASRAAMshort-range missile, effectively marking the end to a dispute between the company and the Ministry of Defence. In April 2001 the MoDtold BAE [...]

n France has committed to 20 more Dassault Rafale fighters, 12 for the air force and eight for the navy. The defence ministry has now ordered 61 Rafales, 36 for [...]

Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has agreed that the Israeli-developed Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile can be built by Boeing in the USA, with a deal due to be signed in the [...]

The Malaysian navy has ordered Matra BAe Dynamics Sea Skua anti-ship missiles to equip six AgustaWestland Super Lynx helicopters it has on order. The navy is meanwhile set to sign [...]

Orbital Sciences Corp. was awarded a $22 million missile contract by the Army, with much of the work to be done at its Launch Systems Group facilities in [...]

Weapons procurement Andy Nativi / Genoa Country's Eurofighters will be armed with AMRAAMs until new missile is available in 2010 The Italian air force intends to acquire 400 MBDAMeteor beyond [...]

Israel Military Industries (IMI) and Rafael have joined forces to develop precision long-range air-to-surface missiles. No details of the new systems have been released, but the pair appear to be [...]

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and a Boeing-Northrop Grumman team have received USArmy preliminary design and risk reduction (PDRR) contracts for the Common Missile anti-armour weapon. Lockheed Martin received $4.7 million, Raytheon [...]

Italy is seeking an interim air defence missile capability to replace its elderly Nike Hercules systems before the German/ Italian/US MediumExtended Air Defence System (MEADS) is introduced in 2011/12. The [...]

KC-135 Support Pemco's Birmingham, Alabama, facility has received the first USAir Force Boeing KC-135 tanker under an interim agreement to augment maintenance capacity at Boeing's Aerospace Support Center inSan Antonio, [...]

Electro-Radiation Inc. received a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for approximately $730,000 from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. The two-year program will adapt ERI's technology to small precision guided missiles. The [...]

Harris Corp. received a six-year, $70 million contract from TRW Inc. to develop a communications system for the National Missile Defense Program. The contract's value could reach more than $130 [...]

The Russian aerospace industry expects to gain a bigger foothold in the Western European market as a result of a strategic partnership signed by EADS and the Russian aerospace agency [...]