Tag: Guided Missile
Israel Tests Sea-Launched LORA Missile
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully completed a firing trial with the Long-Range Artillery weapon system (LORA), marking as part of the demonstration and validation phases of the system, under a number of procurement programs involve the system. On this experiment, the missile was launched from a cargo ship toward a target at sea.
US Navy Uses Spike Miniature Missiles to Shoot Down UAVs
Weapons specialists at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake, CA. have recently tested the capability of guided missile to defeat an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight. Two Spike 'forward-firing miniature missiles' were used to defeat two Outlaw UAVs, employing both proximity and contact activation (in separate tests)
40mm Missile Extends Grenade Launcher’s Range Beyond 2,000 Meters
Standard single-tube grenade launchers demonstrated hitting targets beyond 2 kilometers, using Raytheon's Pike precision guided missiles
Fateh 110 missiles in Iran, Syria and Lebanon
FATEH 110 has been in development in Iran since 2002. It began after the Iranians have bought about 200 CSS-8 (DF-7) short range missiles...
Eurosatory: MMP, the future guided weapon the French Army expects to...
MBDA is displaying at Eurosatory the future man-portable guided missile it is developing for the French Army. The new fire and forget missile will also enable man-in-the-loop control using fiber-optical link.
MBDA Introduces Futuristic UAV Weapon Approach
MBDA unveiled today a new member of its ‘Concept Vision’ system ideas, a futuristic weapon systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) the company’s scientists consider could mature in the next 20 year timeframe.
Special Feature: Infantry Multi-Purpose Missiles
Man portable, light weight missile systems were used extensively in recent years. U.S. Javelin missiles are regularly used in Afghanistan by U.S, and British...
KBP Metis M/ M1 Anti-Tank Guided Missile
Above: Metis M fired by Sout h Korean troops during infantry unit exercises. The Russian 9K115-2 Metis M1 (NATO reporting name AT-13 Saxhorn-2) was designed to...
Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW)
The Swedish 'Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon' (NLAW) RB-57 took off in recent years as more users line up with new orders. NLAW was...
New Javelins on the Horizon
The FMG-148 Javelin man portable guided missile has been widely accepted among the leading modern anti-tank weapons. To bring the weapon up-to-date with current...
Smart Launchers for Smarter Munitions
Above: Different launchers were designed by MBDA's 'Concept Vision' team, for the system's principal weapons - the Sniper and Enforcer missiles. The smart munitions are...
Electro-Optical Guidance – Always in Control
New Guided Missiles, Programmable Munitions Enhancing The Infantry Precision Fire Effects The 'Smart Weapon' approach is a more complex, expensive solution that could offer much...
New Guided Missiles, Programmable Munitions Enhancing the Infantry Precision Fire Effects
Man portable, light weight missile systems were used extensively in recent years. U.S. Javelin missiles are regularly used in Afghanistan by U.S, and British...
AIM-9X Demonstrates Precision Attack Capability
The AIM-9X Sidewinder infrared-guided air-to-air missile could be used to attack surface targets. The company demonstrated this capability in a field test conducted on Sept....
