Lockheed Martin, L3 Harris, and Northrop Grumman have received contracts to begin work on the next-generation Stand-In Attack Weapon (SiAW). SiAW will be designed to penetrate anti-access/area denial environments to strike high value targets, such as GPS jammers and air defense systems. The SiAW will fit in the F-35 internal weapons bay and have the ability to change parts to address evolving threats. John Tirpak of Air Force Magazine writes (abridged): Three contractors received 90-day, $2 million contracts to begin work on the Stand-in Attack Weapon, or SiAW, one of the Air Force’s next … [Read more...]
REVEALED: New Electronic Warfare System Built to Defeat Russian Jamming
BAE Systems has unveiled its advanced Strategic Anti-jam Beamforming Receiver – M-Code GPS (SABR-M) designed for highly contested battlespaces. SABR-M, leveraging more than 45 years of military GPS, is said to be the most advanced GPS receiver available. It provides protection against signal jamming and spoofing for guided weapons, UAVs, and other small applications. Read BAE Systems' full press release: At the Joint Navigation Conference in San Diego, BAE Systems unveiled its newest advanced M-Code GPS receiver for guided weapons and other small applications, enabling precise geolocation and … [Read more...]
Ukraine Getting Short and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles
Ukraine will soon receive Swedish short-range Robot 17 System coastal defense missiles and longer range Danish RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The deliveries are part of an international package that will bolster Ukraine’s anti-ship arsenal. Emma Helfrich of The Drive writes (abridged): Sweden’s Ministry of Defense announced that the country would be delivering its third aid package to Ukraine, and this time around, Ukrainian forces will be getting the Robot 17 anti-ship missile system. Sweden’s donation of the Robot 17 is the latest example of what seems to be a growing willingness among … [Read more...]
Russia’s Terrifying BMPT “Terminator” Is in Ukraine
Radio Free Europe reports that new images confirm Russia’s deployment of an unusual, armored fighting vehicle in Ukraine. They write (abridged): The presence of the vehicles in Ukraine was apparently confirmed on May 18 by a report in Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. Terminators are the result of Russia's quest to develop vehicles designed for fighting in tight urban spaces. That need became urgent after the first Chechen war in which massive numbers of Russian armored vehicles were wiped out by Chechen fighters.[…] It is unknown how many Terminators Russia currently has in service … [Read more...]
UNVEILED: New Precision Guided Missile for Contested Environments
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled its new Aerospike air-to-surface EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infra-Red) precision-guided missile (PGM) for close air support in contested environments. The new lightweight missile builds on Rafael’s Spike family of missiles and yields a circular error probability (CEP) of 3ft or less, with a standoff range of 30km. Aerospike is independent of GPS, making it ideal for contested environments. Shephard News writes (abridged): Rafael Advanced Defense Systems used the opening day of the SOFIC 2022 exhibition in Tampa, Florida, to unveil its Aerospike … [Read more...]
Aerospace Giant Invests in Hypersonic Aircraft Startup
Hermeus an aerospace company that signed a $60 million dollar U.S. Airforce partnership last year, has now landed an investment from aerospace and defense giant Raytheon Technologies. Read the full press release below. Raytheon Technologies today announced a strategic investment in Hermeus Corporation, a company developing hypersonic aircraft for defense and commercial applications, through its newly established corporate venture capital group, RTX Ventures. Joining Hermeus’ previously announced $100 million Series B financing round, RTX Ventures’ investment in the company will directly … [Read more...]
Bell Reveals Unmanned Tilt-Rotor Drone for the Navy!
Initially designed for the Marines, a smaller, more potent V-247 Vigilant recently designed by Bell Systems is aimed at meeting the US Navy’s shipboard requirements, writes Dan Parsons of The War Zone. He continues (abridged): Bell has resurrected the unmanned V-247 Vigilant designed for the Marine Corps and scaled it down for use as a strike and surveillance aircraft aboard Navy ships, where the autonomous tiltrotor can fit in the same space as an MH-60R and perform any of the manned helicopter’s missions. Designed as a contender for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned … [Read more...]
Ukraine’s Home-Grown Anti-Tank Weapon is Shredding Russian Armored Columns
According to BBC, "Russia has lost some 460 tanks and over 2,000 armored vehicles", but Ukraine is claiming Russia has lost more than 680 tanks. "What Syria taught us about tanks", is that any tank is vulnerable to the proliferation and continued development of long-range ATGM’s. Ukraine’s remotely controlled homegrown anti-tank weapon, the Stugna-P ATGM (a.k.a. Skif), developed by Luch Design Bureau, is shredding Russian armored columns. The Stugna-P is a true force multiplier, says Brent M. Eastwood of 19fortyfive.com. He writes (abridged): Russian tanks are dying at the hands of another … [Read more...]
The U.S. Quietly Pushing Hypersonic Development on All Fronts
A team including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has successfully flight tested a new system known as the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). The test, conducted off the coast of the U.S. using Lockheed Martin’s version of the HAWC, reached speeds in excess of Mach 5 and traveled 300 nautical miles at a flight ceiling greater than 65,000 feet. This is the second successful flight test in DARPA’s HAWC program. The first successful test was carried out by … [Read more...]
How Ukraine Is Using Cheap Tech to Fend Off a Superpower
Ukrainian soldiers are using inexpensive consumer drones from DJI to locate Russian tank and troop columns and then using those coordinates to guide mortars and set up ambushes. To counter this effective tactic, the Russians have used an extended version of DJI’s Aeroscope system, which is a public safety system normally used for locating the drones and their operators. With that information in hand, Russia is targeting the drones as they land near their operators. Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian forces batter Russian artillery about to get deployed pic.twitter.com/PlYAXWYRuJ — Illia … [Read more...]
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