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Romania Buys Naval Strike Missile Coastal Batteries in $217M Deal

Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System. Kongsberg Image

Raytheon was awarded a $208 million contract to arm Black Sea state and NATO member Romania with mobile coastal anti-ship missile batteries, the Pentagon announced in a Thursday contract statement.

Working with the Norwegian company Kongsberg, Raytheon will provide Romania an unspecified number of Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense Systems as part of the deal that could be worth up to $217 million after all the options are exercised,...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/05/romania-buys-naval-strike-missile-coastal-batteries-in-217m-deal

Two Japanese Destroyers Score in Ballistic Missile Defense Test off Hawaii

JS Maya (DDG-179) fires an SM-3 BlockIIA on Nov. 16, 2022. JMSDF Photo

Two Japanese Maya-class destroyers successfully test-fired SM-3 interceptors against ballistic missile targets off Hawaii last week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) announced on Monday.

The tests at the Pacific Missile Range on Kauai Island, Hawaii, validated the ballistic missile defense capabilities of Japan’s newest destroyers JS Maya (DDG-179) and JS Haguro (DDG-180) in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/21/two-japanese-destroyers-score-in-ballistic-missile-defense-test-off-hawaii

VIDEO: LCS USS Montgomery Fires Hellfire Missiles in Land Attack Test

An AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missile launches from the Surface-To-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) aboard Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) on May 12, 2022. US Navy Photo

An Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship launched three Longbow Hellfire missiles that hit a land-based target in a demonstration last week, the Navy announced.

USS Montgomery (LCS-8) launched the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles in the Pacific Ocean, the service said in a news release. The...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/16/video-lcs-uss-montgomery-fires-hellfire-missiles-in-land-attack-test

First SEWIP Block 3 Electronic Attack System Set for Land Testing Later This Year

AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 array in 2019. Northrop Grumman Photo

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. – With limited and costly ways for a surface warship to physically take out an incoming anti-ship missile, the Navy has been pursuing more ways a warship could use the power of electronic spectrum to splash threats.
To that end, the first array of a massive update of the Navy’s surface electronic warfare systems is preparing for its ground tests later this year. The...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/17/first-sewip-block-3-electronic-attack-system-set-for-land-testing-later-this-year

$600M Maritime Drone Sale to Taiwan Approved by State Dept.; Beijing Complains

Artist’s concept of an MQ-9B-SeaGuardian. General Atomics Image

The State Department has given approval to a new arms sale package to Taiwan that includes four unmanned maritime patrol aircraft based on the MQ-9 Reaper platform, according to a Tuesday announcement from Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

The potential sale of the “weapons-ready” General Atomic SeaGuardian MQ-9Bs will include maritime radars, data links, ground stations, engines and spares to sustain the aircraft, according to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/04/600m-maritime-drone-sale-to-taiwan-approved-by-state-dept-beijing-complains

State Department Authorizes $2.37B Harpoon Missile Sale to Taiwan

The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Princeton successfully launches a Block II Harpoon in the Naval Air Systems Command Sea Test Range off the coast of southern California. US Navy Photo

The U.S. State Department has authorized a possible $2.37 billion sale of Harpoon missiles to Taiwan.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Monday announced the authorization and that it had informed lawmakers of the potential sale. The deal, should it go through, could feature as many as 400 Harpoon Block II...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/26/state-department-authorizes-2-37b-harpoon-missile-sale-to-taiwan

Navy’s ‘Cruiser in the Cornfield’ Gets Radar Upgrade

Navy accepted delivery of the Navy’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar System at land-based test site Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown, N.J., Oct. 7., 2020. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s ground-based testing site for the Aegis combat systems on Wednesday took delivery of its new air and missile defense radar array that will go on the next iteration of guided-missile destroyers, the service announced.

The AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar arrived in Moorestown, N.J., for...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/08/navys-cruiser-in-the-cornfield-gets-radar-upgrade

Flight Tests Begin on Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Pods; Could Reach Milestone C This Fall

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flies for the first time on an EA-18G Growler, Aug. 7, over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The NGJ-MB capability, forward pod located under the right wing of the aircraft, is a jamming technology that provides enhanced airborne electronic attack capabilities to the EA-18G Growler platform. US Navy photo.

The Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pod began its first flight tests earlier this month and could move into production this fall.

An...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/19/flight-tests-begin-on-next-generation-jammer-mid-band-pods-could-reach-milestone-c-this-fall

MDA Director Says SM-3 Block IIA Ready for Production, Despite Safety Concerns From Co-Developer Japan

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test Feb. 3 (Hawaii Standard Time), resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA off the west coast of Hawaii. MDA photo.

The U.S. military considers the development of the Standard Missile 3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptor to be complete and the weapon ready...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/19/mda-director-says-sm-3-block-iia-ready-for-production-despite-safety-concerns-from-co-developer-japan

SECNAV Modly Wants Navy ‘All Ahead Full’ on Hypersonic Weapons in 2020

Artist’s concept of a hypersonic vehicle. DARPA Photo

The Navy will focus in 2020 on developing hypersonic weapons at breakneck speed, with testing to occur throughout the year, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said Friday in a message to the fleet.

Modly’s memo, SECNAV Vectors 9, likens the need to develop hypersonic weapons today to 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik. The U.S. scrambled to respond to the new reality: the Soviet Union was in space, and the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/31/secnav-modly-wants-navy-all-ahead-full-on-hypersonic-weapons-in-2020

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