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Saudi Arabia has gone ahead to sign a contract with Lockheed Martin for 320 PAC-3 missiles. The U.S. government cleared the country to buy 600 missiles in July.
By Robert Barney, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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At the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting, Brig. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood revealed more information on upcoming tests of its Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) prototype.
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According to Sky News, Bahrain and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are in talks with Raytheon and other U.S. defense contractors to purchase the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense system.
By Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני (see also https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Flickr-IDF-IronDome-in-action001.jpg ) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/idfonline/8194572552/) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lockheed Martin was force to halt production of THAAD missile interceptors for seven months after a component inside the weapon failed acceptance tests.
“THAAD Launcher“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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The U.S. Marine Corps has given Northrop Grumman a $58,706,242 million contract to develop and test the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR).
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