Air-Launched Weapons
Northrop Grumman AGM-88G Long-Range Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW)
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US Navy
East Asia and Pacific Region
US-Japan RIMPAC Drills Go On Despite COVID-19
TOKYO (GDC) — The coronavirus has not stopped the U.S. and Japan from holding joint military exercises, as the allies keep watch on China’s increasingly assertive maritime maneuvers in the East and South China seas amid the […]
Naval Platforms
F-35B STOVL Fighter Jet: Air Superiority Over South China Sea
F-35B is a stealthy aircraft carrying long-range sensors and ability to internally carry Raytheon’s AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile make it the world’s most effective air supremacy fighter, after the F-22. The Joint Strike Missile (JSM), […]
Naval Platforms
Textron Systems armed unmanned surface vehicle (USV) or sea drones for ocean attack
Armed surface drones at sea could surveil and attack enemy targets, conduct forward reconnaissance on enemy positions and provide human decision-makers with combat essential command and control data — all as part of massive, great […]
Naval Platforms
US Navy FFG(X) Frigate Specification
The US Navy’s vision and mission scope for its emerging new combat-capable frigate includes the ability to destroy swarming small boat attacks, operate undersea and aerial drones, support carrier strike groups, conduct disaggregated operations, attack enemies with an […]
Middle East
Russian Su-35 Dangerously Came Close to P-8A Poseidon Over Mediterranean
The US Navy’s Boeing P-8A Poseidon military reconnaissance anti-submarine aircraft patrolling into the Mediterranean region, which was dangerously intercepted by two Russian Su-35s. The Su-35 flew from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Two Russian Su-35 […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Amid China and Russia Tensions, US Races to Build Hypersonic Weapons: Analysis
The Pentagon has created a “war room” to ramp up production of hypersonic weapons from a handful of prototypes over the last decade to “hundreds of weapons” in the near future, said Mark Lewis, modernization director for […]
Direct-energy Weapons
USS Portland (LPD-27) fired powerful laser weapons to destroy drones
The May 16, announced by the Pacific Fleet today, is the first public acknowledgement of the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator, or LWSD being put to use. The LWSD is thought to pack about 150kw worth […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
USS Alexandria heads towards western pacific
The Pacific Fleet Submarine Force took the unusual step this month of announcing that all of its forward-deployed subs were simultaneously conducting “contingency response operations” at sea in the Western Pacific. The sub force said […]
Americas
US Navy to commission Super Hornet Block III into service
Boeing will begin integrating Block III Super Hornets multi-role strike fighter into U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fleets, according to a statement released by Boeing Defense on 15 May. The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet is […]