The Army is planning on sending its much-anticipated high-tech, highly secret XM-25 Individual Airburst Weapon System (IAWS) to the warzone in the next few months. The IAWS provides the soldier with a 300% to 500% increase in hit probability to defeat point, area, and defilade targets out to 500 meters. The XM-25 is a smart […]
57-mm Mk 110 Mod 0 Naval Gun System
The 57-mm Mk 110 Naval Gun system from BAE Systems is a multi-mission capable medium-caliber shipboard weapon that has been selected for the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter and the Offshore Patrol Cutter and is also baselined by the U.S. Navy for its Littoral Combat Ship Flight 0 and the Close-in Gun System for […]
The Dillon M134D Gatling Gun
The Dillon M134D Gatling Gun is the finest small caliber, defense suppression weapon available. It is a six barreled, electrically driven machine gun chambered in 7.62mm NATO and fires at a fixed rate of 3,000 shots per minute. Gatling Guns typically feed from a 3,000 or 4,400 round magazine. They are capable of long periods […]
GBU-43 “Mother Of All Bombs”
The GBU-43/B is large, powerful and accurately delivered. high explosive. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb [MOAB] weapon is a 21,000 lbs total weight GPS-guided munition with fins and inertial gyro for pitch and roll control. It is probable that this munition was initially nick-named the “Mother Of All Bombs” with the retronymic expansion […]
High-Tech “SFW” Bomb Destroys Tank Column In Debut
By Senior Airman Ryan Hansen Air Armament Center Public Affairs As the smoke begins to clear on Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Department of Defense continues to collect data on how well the U.S. military, and its arsenal of weapons, performed during combat operations. One weapon the DoD does not have to research is the CBU-105, […]
Husky vs. I.E.D’s
The below is from CSI – Critical Solutions International To date the U.S. Army has acquired in excess of 250 Vehicle Mounted Mine Detection (VMMD) Systems (in excess of 500 vehicles) and is in the process of purchasing additional systems to support Coalition Forces Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now the USMC and the Canadian […]
Taliban Snipers Beware
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has linked its Boomerang acoustic sensor and network-ready Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System to provide an enhanced counter sniper solution for the warfighter. “Connecting Boomerang and netted LRAS3 is a plug-and-play operation that results in a powerful counter sniper capability,” said Glynn Raymer, vice president, Raytheon Network Centric Systems Combat […]
Secretive X-37B Space Plane Disappears
US military’s top secret X-37B shuttle ‘disappears’ for two weeks, changes orbit. By Peter Farquhar, Technology Editor | August 25, 2010 AMATEUR astronomers are enjoying a cat-and-mouse game with the US military in keeping track of its secret space plane, the X-37B. The X-37B was launched in April amid much publicity, but scant detail about […]
New Raytheon Laser Weapon System Knocks Drone Out of the Sky
At the Farnborough air show a new laser weapons system was announced that can knock drones out of the sky. The Raytheon Laser Weapons System easily dispatched four drones in tests off the coast of California. The implications are enormous, as drones are an ever increasing part of world militaries. It would be interesting to […]
AC-130U Gunship
Under a contract awarded in 1987, Boeing manufactures and supports the AC-130U Gunship aircraft for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. The AC-130U represents a major advancement over previous generation gunships. Existing C-130 airframes receive the latest sensor technologies and fire control systems that, together, substantially increase the gunship’s combat effectiveness. The AC-130U features […]