Weapons
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WeaponsAir Force Moving ‘Extremely Fast’ on New Missile to Replace AMRAAM
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is moving quickly to develop a new air-to-air missile that would eventually replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the leader of the […]
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Air ForceAFRL to Begin Testing High Power Microwave Weapon Programs
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to begin testing two high-power microwave efforts over the next few years as plans to use directed energy weapons to counter drones and […]
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Air ForceAir Force Seeking Munitions for the ‘High-End Fight’ in FY ’20 Budget Request
The Air Force is requesting more munitions for use in a future battle against peer adversaries and shifting away from weapons used in counter-terrorism activities, senior service officials said this […]
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Unmanned SystemsRussia Unveils ‘Kamikaze’ Drone at IDEX 2019 Show
Russia’s ZALA Aero Group, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Kalashnikov, unveiled a “kamikaze” drone–the KUB-BLA–at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 17. […]
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WeaponsDARPA Issues Presolicitation For Hypersonic Technology
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Monday started soliciting research proposals for high performance leading edges for hypersonic air platforms. DARPA released a presolicitation notice for the Materials […]
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InternationalHindustan Aeronautics Conducts First Successful Helicopter Air-to-Air Missile Test in India
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) recently “achieved a unique milestone” in the successful firing of an air-to-air missile on a moving aerial target, HAL said on […]
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InternationalAs Pompeo Issues INF Ultimatum, Defense Hawks in Washington Suggest Weapons for Post-treaty World
The day the U.S. delivered an ultimatum that it could leave the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty by February, hawkish think-tankers and former government shared weapons shopping lists for the […]
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Navy/USMCMDA Succeeds In Fourth SM-3 IIA Intercept After Two Failures
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted the fourth Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA intercept test on Friday, called Flight Test Standard Missile-45 (FTM-45), following two failures. This latest test […]
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PentagonNew Fuel Tube Issues Ground Several F-35s For Second Time This Month
Following the Oct. 11 grounding of all F-35 Joint Strike Fighters due to a failed fuel tube in some aircraft, two additional fuel supply tubes have been identified as suspect […]
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InternationalBelgium Picks F-35 Over European Options for Future Fighter
Belgium has chosen Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for its next fighter aircraft over several potential European options, becoming the 13th country to select the fifth-generation platform. The […]