May 2008

  • Elbit Systems to Supply Mortar Fire Control Solution to the U.S. Army

December 2008

  • Palestinians Deploy Chinese Extended Range 122mm Rockets

September 2008

  • Future Combat Systems’ NLOS-Cannon Tested at Yuma

June 2008

  • Rafael Expands Air and Missile Defense Family of Weapons
  • First FCS’s All-Automatic, Ultra-lightweight 155mm Howitzer unveiled
  • KMW, GD Introduce an Autonomous, Air-deployable Self Propelled Artillery

May 2008

  • SAMP/T Air defense Missile Tested During Operational Capability Evaluation
  • First Battery of THAAD Weapon System Activated at Fort Bliss
  • Army C-RAM Intercepts 100th Mortar Bomb in Iraq

March 2008

  • Excalibur GPS Artillery Projectile Debuts in Afghanistan

February 2008

  • U.S., Israel Pursue Counter Rocket, Artillery & Mortar (CRAM) Weapons

January 2008

  • ATK, ADG (Mecar) team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo
  • US Sells TOW Missiles, Guided Weapons for Persian Gulf States
  • Israeli Infantry Battalions to Improve Fire Support

December 2007

  • Saab Scores Two Export Contracts, for Arthur & BILL-2

November 2007

  • Modernizing Fire Support
  • Air Defense Modernization
  • British MoD Orders German Smart Munitions for 155mm AS-90 Guns
  • KVH Develops Compact, Low-Cost Northfinding Module for Portable Applications

October 2007

  • Artillery & Missile Systems at DSEi 2007

July 2007

  • US Army Launches a Solid-State, Mobile, High Energy Laser Weapon Technology Demonstrator
  • FCS Team Gets Green Light for NLOS-Cannon Production

June 2007

  • Russian Iskander M Hits “within a meter” from its target

May 2007

  • Excalibur Retains High Precision at Maximum Range

April 2007

  • Army Orders Excalibur Guided Artillery Projectiles
  • British Royal Artillery to Deploy GMLRS to Afghanistan
  • Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) Improves Artillery Fire Accuracy
  • US Marines’s Forward Observers Gear up For Excalibur
  • India Floats Self Propelled Artillery Tenders
  • Russia’s Almaz Antei Expands, Pursuing New Air Defense System
  • THAAD Scores 2nd Kill In An Endo-Atmospheric Intercept
  • 18 Additional Longbow Apaches For the US Army
  • New Gunships for Russian Special Forces
  • BAE Systems To Build 57mm Turrets for the Fourth LCS

March 2007

  • US Army Enhances, Standardize Patriot Units
  • US Army to Evaluate C-RAM Gun System
  • Army, BAE Systems Unveil the Future Mortar Firing Platform

January 2007

  • 60 Additional HIMARS Ordered for U.S. Army, Marines
  • Archer Program Receives Funding for Continued Development
  • Lockheed Martin Gets 240 Million for HIMARS, GMLRS

Dec 20, 2006

  • Spain Orders ARTHUR Artillery Locating Radars

Dec 19, 2006

  • Slovenia Orders AMV, SP Mortars from Patria

Dec 10, 2006

  • Pakistan to order RF TOW2

Dec 8, 2006

  • Dutch Army to Modernize Air Defense System

Nov 28, 2006

  • Spain Approves €324 million SPIKE LR Acquisition

Nov 24, 2006

  • Russia Begins Deliveries of Tor M1 SAM to Iran

Nov 17, 2006

  • EUROSAM Conducts Final Missile Qualification Test

Nov 10, 2006

  • ATK’s Booster for Raytheon/RAFAEL Stunner Interceptor

Oct 26, 2006

  • DRS Equips ASVs with Knight Target Acquisition kits

Oct 18, 2006

  • Raytheon Completes Upgrades for SL-AMRAAM
  • ASV Armored Knight to Assume Artillery Support Role

Oct 17, 2006

  • Army Orders $47 Million for ATACMS Replenishment
  • Laser Armed C-130 Gunship Begins Flight Testing
  • US Army Converts TOW 2B Into a Wireless Weapon

Oct 7, 2006

  • Affordable Weapon in Progress
  • USAF Awards AMRAAM Production Orders

Sept. 29, 2006

  • NLOS-Cannon, a Key segment for FCS Unveiled

Sept. 28, 2006

  • EQ-36 Counter-Artillery Radar Program

Spet. 7, 2006

  • Israel’s Army Fields First Advanced Mortar Unit

Sept. 6, 2006

  • BAE Systems Bofors Wins Swedish Artillery Order

Defense Update 3-2006

  • Toward a Cleaner Battlefield?
  • Missiles for Precision attack
  • Urban assault weapons at AUSA 2006
  • Artillery and Mortars at Defendory 2006

Defense Update 2-2006

  • Combat Engineer Systems
  • Large caliber artillery ammunition
  • Extending the reach of the Long Range Artillery

Defense Update 1 – 2006

  • Guided MLRS Unitary Rocket Passes Warhead Demonstrates Capabilities of Multi-Function Fuze
  • PGMM passes PDR
  • Effects Based Fires in Urban Combat

DUpdate 3 – 2005:

  • DSEI-2005 review – artillery & Fire Support

Defense Update 4 – 2004:

  • CAESAR self propelled artillery
  • Eurosatory 2004 Review – Artillery
  • APKWS / APKWS II

Defense Update 2 – 2004:

  • Precision guided artillery munitions
  • Defexpo-2004 – Artillery Review
  • SHORAD air defense modernization

Defense Update 1 – 2004:

  • Mobile Mortar Systems
  • Advanced Mortar Munitions

2002-3

  • Harpy Air Defense Suppression Killer Drone

2002-3

  • Advanced Artillery Munitions

2002-3

  • New Fuel Air Explosive Mine Clearing System

2002-3

  • Weaponized Hunter UAV tests Viper Strike

2002-3

  • Tactical Laser System intercepts rockets

2002-3

  • Scaterrable Bomblets with Self Destruct Fuses