Air-Launched Weapons
A List of Weapons Carried By American Fighter Jets
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East Asia and Pacific Region
U.S. Secretly Sent Marine Raider to Train Taiwanese Special Forces
Small presence of Americans secretly training local forces marks concern over China’s years long military buildup and recent moves, learned GDC citing Wall Street Journal. About two dozen members of U.S. special-operations and support troops […]
Americas
U.S. Navy Launches Two Unarmed Trident II Nuclear Capable Missiles From USS Wyoming Submarine
The U.S. Navy conducted a two-missile test flight of unarmed life-extended Trident II-D5LE missiles from the USS Wyoming in the Eastern Test Range off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla, over the weekend, according to […]
Americas
U.S. Navy Christened 70th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer
The christening of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) took place on 2 October 2021 at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. DDG 120 is the fifth (of nine) […]
Americas
Raytheon Awarded $358 Million Contract For Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2
Raytheon has won a $358 million contract in support of the fiscal 2021-2023 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 full rate production requirements. The ESSM program is an international cooperative effort to design, develop, test, […]
Air Platform
Boeing Awarded Contract For Germany’s P-8 Poseidon Anti-submarine Aircraft
The U.S. Navy today awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a production contract for five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Germany. First deliveries are slated to begin in 2024 when the P-8A Poseidon will eventually replace Germany’s fleet […]
Americas
BAE Systems Awarded Contract to Provide IFF for US Navy’s E-2D Hawkeye Aircraft
BAE Systems has secured a contract to provide identification friend-or-foe (IFF) spares for the US Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Under the contract, the company will provide beamforming networks (BFNs), an integral part of antenna […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Why Australia Should Sign Nuclear Arms Sharing Agreement With the U.S.?
On 15 September 2021, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morison announced that Australia would build nuclear-powered submarines; speculation has been rife as to which submarines are being considered. The partners, Australian-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS), have given […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
After Australia, Japan Wants Nuclear Submarines
TOKYO (GDC) — China is facing consecutive blows in geopolitics and military tussles- first, Australia armed itself with nuclear-powered submarines as a part of the AUKUS deal with the UK and the US. And now, an increasingly resurgent Japan is also looking to arm itself […]
Air-Launched Weapons
DARPA’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Prototype Completes Test Flight
Raytheon, in partnership with Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first flight test of a scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force. The companies […]