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Lockheed Martin reported on the results of testing Israeli Spike NLOS missiles paired with Apache V6 attack helicopters. They took place at the Yuma Test Site in Arizona. The defense manufacturer’s website states that successful live firing at the test site proved that Spike NLOS is suitable for launching from US attack helicopters. The tests […]
The need for and proliferation of electronic warfare equipment, as one of the elements of countering drones, actually raises another level of problem: how to manage them. Because the approximated situation, when each armored vehicle and each position has a “trench electronic warfare system” and the battalion and brigade systems are working “above them” at […]
The modernization and adaptation of Soviet SAMs to Western missiles will take place both in the United States and Ukraine, which will significantly speed up the rearmament process Ukraine will also produce modernized and adapted to the use of Western missiles anti-aircraft missile systems, which have already received the official name FrankenSAM. The White House […]
Just a few days after the United States demonstrated one of the most powerful microwave weapons capable of jamming signals over a large area, China announces the development of the world’s most powerful microwave weapon that can be installed in a drone. Researchers led by Professor Li Jianbin emphasize the versatility of the microwave source. […]
The defense company Roketsan demonstrated the capabilities of the LUMTAS-GM long-range anti-tank missile system. A high-precision anti-tank missile hit a target at a distance of 16 km. This shows that LUMTAS-GM is one of the longest-range ATGMs in the world. Compared to existing anti-tank guided missiles, Turkey’s LUMTAS-GM now has the longest range among ground-based […]
A serviceman of the 68th separate hunting brigade managed to shoot down three Russian kamikaze UAVs using the Ukrainian-made Oberig system. This follows from a video posted on Telegram. In it, the fighter first shows the anti-drone system to the camera, and the field demonstrates the results of its work. According to the developer’s website, […]
Americans are actively integrating additive technologies into rocket engine production Ursa Major, an American rocket engine manufacturer, has announced the implementation of the Lynx strategy, the primary goal of which is to produce engine housings and subcomponents for certain small systems on a single 3D printer. This will be a new approach to the design […]
There are two “long-term” reasons to talk about lasers as a new type of weapon that are significant for our country. First, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhnyi raised the issue of the need to find new weapons technologies necessary to achieve a turnaround at the front. The second is that we also […]
The Royal Swedish Navy wants Visby-class ships to be able to provide their own defense with CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) missiles. The agreement was signed between the Ministry of Defense and MBDA UK. Sweden is actively strengthening the capabilities of its fleet. The Visby class corvettes currently do not have any air defense system, […]
The contract for the development and organization of production of its next-generation fighter aircraft under the NGAD program is to be signed in 2014 At the POLITICO Defense Summit on November 14, US Secretary of the Air Force Fran Kendall revealed details about the secret interagency X-Plane program to analyze future fighter aircraft, which eventually […]