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 by Stephen Carlson Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2018
Israel Aerospace Industries has received a contract to provide Barak-8 advanced missiles to Israeli Navy Sa'ar-6 corvettes. "Barak-8 is one of IAI's leading systems and a growth engine for IAI in sales to its customers," Joseph Weiss, CEO and president of IAI, said in a press release. "The new deal adds to several Barak-8 contracts entered over the past few years with total value of more than $5 billion, which is another feather in the system's glorious cap." The Barak-8 is an air and missile defense system developed jointly between Israel and India. It features a radar seeker head and is designed to target aircraft, anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. There are both land and naval versions of the weapon. The missile is based off the original Barak 1 and has a range of over 60 miles. It has a two-way data-link for more advanced control and can be networked with other systems with ease.
Sale of SeaSparrow missiles to Mexico approved by State Department Washington (UPI) Aug 10, 2018 The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Mexico of six Evolved SeaSparrow surface-to-air missiles and two Evolved SeaSparrow telemetry missiles for an estimated $41 million. The order, announced Thursday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, includes one eight-cell MK 56 VLS launcher, eight MK30 canisters, eight MK783 shipping containers, spare parts, support and testing equipment, training and technical assistance, in addition to the missiles. The miss ... read more
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