Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated its laser weapon system for the U.S. Air Force at a government test range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the system successfully engaged and shot down multiple fixed wing and rotary drones. Continue reading
Category Archives: Weapons Systems
China Negotiates Autonomous Gunships for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
China is exporting drones that it advertises as having lethal autonomy to the Middle East, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday. It’s the first time that a senior Defense official has acknowledged that China is selling drones capable of taking life with little or no human oversight.
Mysterious Object Northrop in Redondo Beach is a High-Power Naval Laser
A mysterious and very large object related to a “U.S. Navy demonstration program” was spotted being shipped by Northrop Grumman from the relatively small marine in Redondo Beach to San Diego. Continue reading
UVision & Firstec Team on Loitering Munitions Services in South Korea
UVision Air Ltd. ‒ a supplier of lethal loitering systems for a wide variety of missions ‒ expands its cooperation with Firstec Co. Ltd., of South Korea, to provide logistic services to the armed forces of The Republic of Korea (ROK) and localization of Loitering Munition. Continue reading
Northrop Readies Hatchet Glide Munition for Platform Integration
Northrop Grumman has achieved a technical readiness level (TRL) 7 milestone with its Hatchet unpowered precision strike munition, following the completion of a campaign of live end-to-end guide-to-hit trials in August. The next milestone will be full platform integration. Continue reading
UVision to Present New Lethal Loitering System at AUSA
UVision Air Ltd. – a supplier of Loitering Munition Systems of all sizes for a variety of missions ‒ will present its new Hero-120SF configuration for the first time at AUSA. The new Hero-120SF is designed to meet the specific requirements of US military forces. The company will also highlight its HERO Series of lethal loitering systems and demonstrate its advanced simulation system. Continue reading
US Trials GBU-39/B Glide Munitions with Gray Eagle
The United States Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC), in association with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), has performed a series of complex launch trials with the Dynetics baseline and Block I variant GBU-69/B Small Glide Munitions (SGMs) from an ARSOAC MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
Polish Dragonfly UAV Able to Destroy Armoured Targets
Polish Company WZL 2 presents its Dragonfly UAVS (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System) at MSPO 2019, the International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland. The Dragonfly is a quadcopter designed for combat operations in urban areas and can carry a warhead to conduct precision strikes against targets up to lightly armored threats. Continue reading