Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) plans to produce 25mm cannon ammunition for use by the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter. A new production line will be set up at a government-owned factory in the first half of […]
The Pentagon has awarded Raytheon a $392.4 million modification contract to supply tactical missiles to the US military, Turkey, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other countries. The AIM-9X modification contract includes production […]
The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is to issue sole-source award for the production of the Raytheon Miniature Air Launched Decoy – Navy (MALD-N) reported Janes Magazine. The MALD-N is based on the US […]
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Lockheed Martin is developing the JAGM for launch from the Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Navy MH-60R helicopter, and the Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. JAGM is to replace U.S. Army and Navy inventories of Airborne TOW, Maverick, and Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. […]
The MAM-L was first deployed in Operation Olive Branch. With warheads, varying from armor-piercing to those with thermobaric heads used according to the target type, many successful missions were carried out against possible targets such as light structures, armored land vehicles, radar antennas and weapon emplacement.
The MAM-L, which was used in destroying the Pantsir S-1, has a high pulse sensitivity with a laser seeker head. […]
Japan originally developed type 91 air-launched antiship missile based on surface-to-ship missile for the Ground Self-Defense Force by utilizing the Type 88 missile technology of the Ground Self-Defense Force. The advanced derivative called type 12 […]
USAF’s Stand-In Attack Weapon (SiAW) is based on the extended-range version of the US Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in development at Northrop Grumman. […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Tuesday carried out a successful test of its latest Ra’ad-II air-launched cruise missile, with a new range of 600 kilometers. According to the military’s ISPR media branch, the homegrown Ra’ad-II “significantly enhances […]
JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) or JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile -Extended Range) is a long-range, conventional, air-to-ground, precision standoff missile for the U.S. and allied forces. Designed to destroy high-value, well-defended, fixed and relocatable targets, JASSM’s significant standoff range keeps aircrews well out of danger from hostile air defense systems. […]
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