Now, after a six-week-long “test-drive” in the Utah wilderness, U.S. Army soldiers are ready to take full control of Raytheon’s enormous JLENS airships. Next stop: Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, where the twin-radar system will begin a long-term trial watching over Washington, D.C. JLENS – which is short for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense […]
F-35 Lightning II: Latest F-35 Deal Targets Unit Cost Below $100 Million – Engine Not Included
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have agreed to a handshake deal for the latest two lots of F-35 airframes, and based on cost projections the program for the first time is targeting a unit price under $100 million, excluding engines and retrofits. Read more here. The F-35 was designed to dominate the skies and battlespace. […]
Eurocopter’s Revolutionary X3 High-Speed Hybrid helicopter
The X3 hybrid helicopter has opened the frontiers of aviation by attaining a speed milestone of 255 knots (472 km/hr) in level flight on June 7. Several days before this accomplishment, the X3 reached a speed of 263 knots (487 km/hr) during a descent. With these two successes, the X3 surpasses the unofficial speed record […]
AH-64D Apache
The AH-64D Apache is the most advanced multi-role combat helicopter for the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense forces. Customers: In all, 12 nations fly, have ordered or have selected AH-64D Apache helicopters for their defense forces. The U.S. Army has ordered more than 600 Apache aircraft through multi-year contracts and follow-on […]
GHOST: U.S. Navy’s Stealth Surface Vessel
Juliet Marine Systems is a maritime technology think tank that is developing innovative solutions for naval and commercial applications.
X-51 WaveRider
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Boeing X-51A Waverider demonstrator successfully achieved sustained, scramjet-powered, air-breathing hypersonic flight above Mach 5 in its final test flight on May 1.
GBU-57/B: Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)
Efforts to improve the performance of the U.S.’s heaviest “bunker-buster” bomb have succeeded, according to the Pentagon’s testing chief. Tests of the 30,000-pound (13,600-kilogram) Massive Ordnance Penetrator made by Boeing Co. (BA) demonstrated the redesigned weapon“is capable of effectively prosecuting selected hardened, deeply buried targets,” Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing, said in […]
X-37B: Unmanned Space Vehicle
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Dec. 11, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today successfully returned an unmanned U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to orbit, continuing to demonstrate how the system provides responsive, reusable access to space.
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis BMD)
Bringing Order to Chaos MDA successfully conducts first-ever integrated live-fire test of Aegis, THAAD and PAC 3 missile defense systems In the heat of battle, the ability to bring order to that chaos often means the difference between winning and losing, and that’s what the Missile Defense Agency was able to do during a recent […]
CHAMP – Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project
Cruising fast over the Western Utah Desert, a lone missile makes history at the Utah Test and Training Range. The missile, known as CHAMP, or Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project may one day change modern warfare, by defeating electronic targets with little or no collateral damage.
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