Tag: Aerial weapons
IAI to Unveil a Medium Range Guided Weapon at the Paris...
Israel Aerospace Industries is unveiling the Medium range Laser Guided Bomb (MLGB), a 250 pound class (115 kg) laser guided weapon designed for operation from fighter and light attack aircraft using standard weapon attachments.
Suicide Micro-Drons
Above: Miniature missiles developed for use with small UAVs such as this Raytheon Small Tactical Missile (STM) shown above, under a Cobra experimental UAV...
Arming the Shadows
The UAV weaponization trend does not stop at the Predator and Reaper. After the CIA, the U.S. Air Force and Army, as the U.S....
UAVs as Multi-Mission Warfighters
Two new versions of the Predator - the U.S. Army MQ-1C 'Gray Eagle' and the Air Forces' MQ-9' Reaper, both from General Atomics, are changing the way...
Miniaturizing the Aerial Weapons
The capability of armed forces to employ 'Kinetic effects' by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have evolved in the past decade from science fiction into reality. Soon...
Raytheon Introduces Upgrades for JSOW, Maverick Aerial Strike Weapons
Raytheon announced progress on upgrades being developed for two of its combat proven air-delivered guided weapons. The company's JSOW C-1 weapon has recently passed...
European METEOR Missile Test Fired over Sweden
Testing of the Meteor Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air/Air Missile (BVRAAM) developed by MBDA continue in Sweden. The recent missile test flights were conducted...
A New Weapons Bonanza Rocks the Middle East
It will probably become the largest arms deal in the history of the volatile Middle East: Advanced US weapons systems worth a total of...
Aerial Weapons & C4ISR and EW at the 2007 Paris Airshow
AESA radars continue to capture the imagination and enthusiasm of designers and air forces, as their development progress and systems becoming more mature and...
Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
The JSOW family of precision strike weapons is a joint US Navy and US Air Force program, based on a modular design that uses...
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) – GBU – 39
The new 250 pound class bombs are designed to provide high precision and effective stand-off range when launched from fighter bombers or unmanned platforms....
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS)
The Low Cost Precision Guided Rocket concept has evolved as a response to a US Army Low-Cost Precision Kill initiative, started in 1996. The...
