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U.S. Navy Developing Underwater Navigation System for Unmanned Vehicles

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Source: BAE Systems DARPA has selected BAE Systems for its POSYDON – Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation – program. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected BAE Systems to develop an undersea navigation system aimed at enhancing the U.S. Navy’s ability to provide precise, global positioning throughout the ocean basins. The contract will support a program called the Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation (POSYDON), which seeks to allow undersea vehicles to accurately navigate while remaining below the ocean’s surface. POSYDON aims to replace … [Read more...]

USAF Arming F-16’s and A-10’s With Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System

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Source: BAE Systems The U.S. Air Force has acquired BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rockets for use in ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force fielded the initial units to fulfill an urgent operational need for F-16 and A-10 aircraft, and it has already successfully used the weapon in combat operations. The deployment marks the first time these systems have been used in combat operations from an Air Force fixed-wing platform and comes on the heels of the U.S. Marine Corps fielding the rockets on AV-8B fixed-wing aircraft. The … [Read more...]

The US Navy’s Deadly Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Just Got A Little Deadlier

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Source: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated and validated that its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) can be launched from any MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) by only modifying the software to existing shipboard equipment. During the company-funded test, LRASM and Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), MK 41 VLS and Mk-114 booster hardware with modified software executed simulated missions and provided all electrical interfaces and data transfers needed to prepare and launch LRASMs. LRASM is an autonomous, precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile … [Read more...]

Aegis Weapon System

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Source: U.S. Navy The AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) is a centralized, automated, command-and-control (C2) and weapons control system that was designed as a total weapon system, from detection to kill. The heart of the system is the AN/SPY-1, an advanced, automatic detect and track, multi-function phased-array radar. This high-powered radar is able to perform search, track, and missile guidance functions simultaneously, with a track capacity of more than 100 targets. The first Engineering Development Model (EDM-1) was installed in the test ship USS Norton Sound (AVM 1) in 1973. Background The … [Read more...]

Meet Battelle’s Drone Defender

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Source: Battelle While once owned solely by the military, small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, are now widely available. With increased availability comes increased risk, especially to government personnel and assets. Yet, traditional defense mechanisms against UAS, such as shooting them down, are not tenable under current regulations and other potential solutions pose safety risks. So how can agencies of the federal government defend against drones and protect what matters most? The answer is Battelle’s DroneDefender™ system, which utilizes a non-kinetic solution to … [Read more...]

Blitzer Railgun Demonstrates Mobility: Could Lead Way to Truck Mounted Railgun

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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that its Blitzer® electromagnetic railgun system was demonstrated at the U.S. Army's Fires Center of Excellence annual Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment (MFIX), April 4-21 at Ft. Sill in Lawton, OK. "This event marks another milestone for our railgun team," stated Nick Bucci, vice president, Missile Defense and Space Systems at GA-EMS. "After the successful test firings of our guidance electronics units at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah one month ago, we disassembled the Blitzer railgun system and transported it to Ft. Sill … [Read more...]

U.S. Navy’s New Drone Ship Begins Tests at Sea

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Source: DARPA DARPA today is holding a christening ceremony for the technology demonstration vessel it has developed and built through the Agency’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. Taking place in Portland, Oregon, the event marks the vessel’s formal transition from a DARPA-led design and construction project to a new stage of open-water testing to be conducted jointly with the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The christening, to include the traditional breaking of a ceremonial bottle over the bow by DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar, signifies the … [Read more...]

Did China’s Hypersonic Missile Test Just Render US Missile Defense Useless?

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Source: The Washington Free Beacon China successfully flight tested its new high-speed maneuvering warhead last week, days after Russia carried out its own hypersonic glider test, according to Pentagon officials. The test of the developmental DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle was monitored after launch Friday atop a ballistic missile fired from the Wuzhai missile launch center in central China, said officials familiar with reports of the test. The maneuvering glider, traveling at several thousand miles per hour, was tracked by satellites as it flew west along the edge of the atmosphere to an … [Read more...]

Stunning Video of Russia’s Iskander-M Missile Launch

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Source: Pravda.ru The Russian Defense Ministry has uploaded the video of a training launch of a cruise missile from tactical missile complex Iskander-M. The video appeared on the official website of the department on April 15. "The missile, made with the use of the radar signature reduction technology, was not detected by means of electronic warfare of the imaginary enemy and destroyed the target successfully," the press service of the department said as a result of the launch conducted at Kapustin Yar range ground in the Astrakhan region. "The missile was flying at an altitude of 40-50 … [Read more...]

Airforce Wants AC-130 Gunships Armed With Air-Launched UAVS and Lasers

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Source: AirForceTimes Air Force Special Operations Command is working to make its ultimate gunship a high-tech flying machine armed with lasers and microwave weapons and equipped with small drones. The technology is almost ready to be outfitted in the service's special operations fleet. Later, upgraded versions of the new AC-130J Ghostrider could be outfitted with directed energy weapons for precision targeting. The service is testing its first AC-130J, and is building its next model with a new 105mm gun. The later versions, possibly in the 2020s, could remove the 105mm gun and replace it … [Read more...]