Source: BAE Systems The U.S. Air Force has acquired BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rockets for use in ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force fielded the initial units to fulfill an urgent operational need for F-16 and A-10 aircraft, and it has already successfully used the weapon in […]
The US Navy’s Deadly Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Just Got A Little Deadlier
Source: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated and validated that its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) can be launched from any MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) by only modifying the software to existing shipboard equipment. During the company-funded test, LRASM and Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), MK 41 VLS and Mk-114 booster hardware […]
Aegis Weapon System
Source: U.S. Navy The AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) is a centralized, automated, command-and-control (C2) and weapons control system that was designed as a total weapon system, from detection to kill. The heart of the system is the AN/SPY-1, an advanced, automatic detect and track, multi-function phased-array radar. This high-powered radar is able to perform search, […]
Russia Building 12 Monstrous Warships, Each Loaded with 200 Missiles
Source: Asia Times Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is expected to sign a contract with the Kremlin to build a massive new warship called Project 23560 Lider (or Leader in English) after the design is finalized later this year. “At present, Preliminary Design 23560 Leader is under consideration at the Ministry of Defense,” Igor Ponomarev, […]
Questions Still Loom for the F-22 Program
“Rather than thinking of a sixth-generation fighter, can you modify the F-22 and re-open the line cheaper and keep the numbers up?” asks outgoing US Air Force chief of staff Gen. Mark Welsh. “I don’t know. We’re working on that right now. We’ve got to open the spectrum a little wider about how we’re going […]
MK 48 Heavyweight Torpedo Returns to Production With Advanced Sonar System
Source: Australian Defense Magazine Lockheed Martin will provide the US Navy’s MK48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedoes with increased bandwidth and streamlined targeting and tracking capabilities under a new $US 425 million US contract. Part of a five-year effort to increase the inventory of the MK48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedoes for the US Navy’s submarine fleet, the […]
Russia Will Have Hypersonic Ship Killers on Its Battlecruisers by 2022
Source: Popular Mechanics The Russian Navy will start sending so-called hypersonic missiles to sea as early as 2022. Capable of flying five to six times the speed of sound, the missiles will be carried by both aging battlecruisers and brand-new submarines, giving each the ability to quickly kill enemy ships. Currently in advanced stages of […]
U.S. Navy Installing SeaRAM on Destroyers to Address Vunerability
Source: U.S. Naval Institute The Navy successfully launched the Raytheon SeaRAM Anti-Ship Missile Defense System from an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the first time ever on March 4, a final step in rapidly fielding a self-defense capability on the Mediterranean-based USS Porter (DDG-78) through an unconventional acquisition process. Porter last week went through […]
The F-35 Update: Love and Hate Abound
The F-35 fighter jet has been nothing if not controversial. We’re not here today to try to attack or support the fighter, but instead to examine the issues surrounding the plane’s current situation. Perhaps the best known dialogue, though indirect, is that between two test pilots who hold differing views about the fighter’s capabilities. One, […]
Smart Guns Make U.S. Look Dumb
The liberal Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, is expected to rule soon on whether states can force firearm manufacturers to incorporate safety devices in their products. Here’s why smart guns are a stupid idea from Robert Farago: “Smart guns” will never be foolproof – and you’re the fool I don’t care […]
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