Air-Launched Weapons
Ukraine Unveiled New Loitering Munition Dubbed RAM
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Air-Launched Weapons
Air-Launched Weapons
The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM)
Lockheed Martin is developing the JAGM for launch from the Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Navy MH-60R helicopter, and the Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. JAGM is to replace U.S. Army and Navy inventories of Airborne TOW, Maverick, and Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L)
The MAM-L was first deployed in Operation Olive Branch. With warheads, varying from armor-piercing to those with thermobaric heads used according to the target type, many successful missions were carried out against possible targets such as light structures, armored land vehicles, radar antennas and weapon emplacement.
The MAM-L, which was used in destroying the Pantsir S-1, has a high pulse sensitivity with a laser seeker head. […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Japan’s MHI develops an advanced derivative of type 12 ASM
Japan originally developed type 91 air-launched antiship missile based on surface-to-ship missile for the Ground Self-Defense Force by utilizing the Type 88 missile technology of the Ground Self-Defense Force. The advanced derivative called type 12 […]
Air-Launched Weapons
The New Stand-In Attack Weapon is Ready for F-35
USAF’s Stand-In Attack Weapon (SiAW) is based on the extended-range version of the US Navy’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in development at Northrop Grumman. […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Pakistan Tests Ra’ad II Air-launched Stand-off Cruise Missile
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Tuesday carried out a successful test of its latest Ra’ad-II air-launched cruise missile, with a new range of 600 kilometers. According to the military’s ISPR media branch, the homegrown Ra’ad-II “significantly enhances […]
Air-Launched Weapons
JASSM-ER: Long-range air-launched standoff cruise missile
JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) or JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile -Extended Range) is a long-range, conventional, air-to-ground, precision standoff missile for the U.S. and allied forces. Designed to destroy high-value, well-defended, fixed and relocatable targets, JASSM’s significant standoff range keeps aircrews well out of danger from hostile air defense systems. […]
Air-Launched Weapons
LRASM: A Long-range, precision-guided, anti-ship stand-off missile
LRASM is designed to detect and destroy specific targets within groups of ships by employing technologies that reduce dependence on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, network links and GPS navigation in electronic warfare environments. […]
Air-Launched Weapons
The MBDA AIM-132 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM)
Already fully integrated with proven reliability on Typhoon, Tornado, Gripen and F/A-18, ASRAAM is also being integrated onto the F-35 Lightning II. Proven capability demonstrated by firings from a range of aircraft, including: F-16, F/A-18, Tornado F3, Tornado GR4 and Typhoon aircraft. […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Diehl Defence IRIS-T Air-to-Air Missile
In addition to the consortium partners Germany (pilot nation), Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Spain, further countries worldwide decided to procure IRIS-T. It was selected as standard weapon for the Eurofighter, F-16, EF-18, Tornado and Gripen fighter aircraft. […]