Philippine Navy marks first firing of missile at a naval exercise
01 November 2021
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The Philippine Navy has fired a missile at a naval exercise for the first time.
The milestone was achieved on 28 October when the service's eighth multipurpose attack craft (MPAC) with pennant number 489 fired a Spike-ER surface-to-surface missile. The weapon was deployed against a simulated floating target as part of the five-day Exercise ‘Pagsisikap' 2021.
It was conducted about 17.8 n miles southwest off Salkulakit Island. The missile successfully hit its target from a distance of about 4 km, said the Philippine Navy's Naval Forces Western Mindanao command in a statement on 30 October.
UK explores new radar and IR tech to enhance SDA
26 April 2024
by Olivia Savage
UK company Spaceflux has been contracted to develop and operate a ground-based SDA sensor as part of Project Nyx Alpha to monitor objects in GEO for UK Space Command. (Spaceflux)
The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is conducting three technology demonstrator programmes to explore the utility of novel space domain awareness (SDA) technologies.
MDA, Lockheed Martin seek ‘final transition' of LRDR
26 April 2024
by Carlo Munoz
An artist's concept of how Lockheed Martin's LRDR would detect ballistic missile launches from Asia. The radar completed preliminary design review in March and will go through critical design review in September 2027. (Lockheed Martin)
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its industry counterparts at Lockheed Martin are preparing for the ‘final transition' of the long-awaited Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) to the US armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region.
Rafale enters Croatian service
26 April 2024
by Gareth Jennings
One of the first six Rafales to be delivered to Croatia. Deliveries of all 12 aircraft will be complete by mid-2025. (Dassault)
Croatia has inducted into service the Dassault Rafale combat aircraft it recently received from France.
The manufacturer announced the milestone on 25 April, saying the first six of 12 Rafales had been formally received into service by the Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana: HRZ i PZO).
The Philippine Navy has fired a missile at a naval exercise for the first time.
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