Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet approved the purchase of two Aegis Ashore missile defense system on Dec. 19.
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Category: Air Defense
Ukraine ready to start trials of 80K6T air defense radar
Ukroboronprom says the 80K6T air defense radar is ready for factory trials. The active phased array radar has a range of 500 km and altitude of 40 km.
Japan’s Defense Ministry seeks additional $6.4 million for Aegis Ashore
Japan’s Defense Ministry has requested an additional $6.4 million in fiscal 2018’s budget for the Aegis Ashore program.
By Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet (Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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BAE Systems given contract to modify Mk 38 Mod 2 with C-UAS capability
The U.S. Navy has given BAE Systems a sole source contract to add a counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) capability to the Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun System (MGS).
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Russia will soon deliver S-400 to China
Sergey Chemezov, the General Director of Rostec, told TASS that delivery of the S-400 air defense missile system to China will “start in the near future.”
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