The Pentagon, which has put a lot of effort in recent years into developing laser weapons, is continuing with a program intended to mount high-powered lasers on manned and unmanned aircraft to defend against heat-seeking missiles. Continue reading
Category Archives: Weapons Systems
Raytheon Plans Coyote Ship-Based Swarm Tests
Raytheon is planning ship-based swarm testing of its Coyote unmanned air vehicle in the coming weeks, under a research programme funded by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Textron Systems and Thales Successfully Test Fury
Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems, a business of Textron Inc. and Thales announced at the Farnborough Air Show the successful testing of the Fury lightweight precision guided glide weapon from the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) against static vehicle targets.
Patriot Destroys Missile and Aircraft Targets in Test
It was a bad day for enemy cruise missiles and aircraft. In a series of tests, the newly upgraded Raytheon Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system proved it can destroy cruise missiles and aircraft with different kinds of interceptors.
US Marines Pair Laser Weapon With Stinger Missile
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The US Marine Corps is moving towards a future in which small dispersed units can protect themselves from incoming enemy drones with laser weapons and from missiles and aircraft with Stinger missiles, with both weapons netted into a detection system and mounted atop Humvees, Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and other combat vehicles. Continue reading
Designing a Laser to Defeat Drone Swarms
Lockheed Martin engineers are collaborating with customers and academia to research, develop and implement the technology that will detect and defeat swarms.
JAGM Whacks Truck In First Drone Test
The US military successfully targeted and destroyed a moving truck from a drone using the missile designed to replace the venerable Hellfire. Continue reading
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Fired from a Gray Eagle
The missile intended to ultimately replace the Hellfire was fired from a Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system and hit a moving truck target at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, according to the US Army’s Joint Attack Munition Systems project manager.