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New Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Agreements Expand Missile Defense Production
The Defense Department has announced new separate framework agreements with RTX’s Raytheon and Lockheed Martin aimed at rapidly scaling production of both...
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Smarter Pyrovalve Alternatives for Modern Missile and Munition Launcher Applications
If you’re exploring alternatives to your current pyrovalve, this article shares best practices to help guide your design: what to use instead, how to make the switch, and who can help you navigate the transition to ensure mission success.
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A New Clean Room for Missile and Satellite Propulsion Components
Moog Inc. announced the groundbreaking on its new clean room in Niagara Falls, New York. This will support the growing demand Moog is seeing for innovative satellite and missile propulsion components and systems from space and defense customers. Read on to learn more.
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F-35 Proves Nuke Drop Performance in Stockpile Flight Testing
Sandia, in conjunction with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), conducted a series of recent stockpile flight tests at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada, with support...
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A New AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet for Contested Environments
Shield AI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet, X-BAT, during an event held in Washington D.C. last week.
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AUSA 2025: The Army's New Anti-Vehicle Terrain Shaping Munition is Ready for Deployment
Textron Systems recently delivered the first XM204 Top Attack Munition to the U.S. Army in support of its European operations. XM204 is an anti-vehicle...
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Army Conducts First Switchblade 600 Loitering Munition Live-Fire Exercise
As part of Pegasus Charge, 1st Cavalry Division's effort in support of the Army's "Transforming in Contact" initiative to modernize armored formations, soldiers assigned...
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Scaling Precision: Designing and Manufacturing the Army's Next-Generation Strike Missile
As the U.S. Army transitions into a new era of modernization, its Precision Strike Missile program is a powerful example of how innovation at scale can...
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How the Air Force's B-21 Raider is Advancing Across Test and Production
The U.S. Air Force announced the arrival of the second B-21 Raider flight test aircraft last week to Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California.
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Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 Achieves Milestone C Approval
The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 program achieved Milestone C approval, signaling the program’s transition into the Production and Deployment phase. Read on to learn more.
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A400M DIRCM Upgrades
Airbus has been awarded a contract from the German procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) to equip 23 Luftwaffe A400Ms with DIRCM protection systems. Read on to learn more.
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Air Force Tests Low Cost, Lighter Variant of QUICKSINK Anti-Ship Weapon
In a demonstration of enhanced maritime lethality, the Air Force tested a new, more versatile variant of the QUICKSINK maritime weapon, increasing aircraft lethality by...
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How the Air Force Leverages Simulation to Explore Lethality Before it's Built
Before a new weapon system is ever built, flown or fired, it begins in a simulated environment digitally constructed, dynamically tested and refined in real time....
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AI Automates Drone Defense With High Energy Lasers
To counter the rapidly mounting threats posed by the proliferation of inexpensive uncrewed autonomous systems, or drones, Naval Postgraduate School researchers and collaborators are applying AI to automate critical parts of the tracking system used by laser weapon systems. Read on to learn more about it.
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BlueHalo Completes Test of Next Generation C-UAS Missile
BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense with actively deployed and operationally proven Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) solutions, announced the successful live fire demonstration of its Next-Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM) – Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), addressing the critical need for munitions industrial base expansion to meet the rapidly evolving advanced aerial threats. Read on to learn more.
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The Power Behind the Growth in Intelligent Munitions
This article describes the technologies enabling the evolution of intelligent munitions and focuses on the importance of stable power supplies. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Eurofighter Common Radar System Upgrade
The Eurofighter Common Radar System Mark 1 project is the next-generation Eurofighter radar that is to be fielded by the air forces of Germany and Spain. This E-Scan radar will enhance the capabilities of the Eurofighter — which Airbus produces for the German and Spanish air forces — in air-to-air and air-to-ground operations and also equip it with electronic warfare capabilities. Read on to learn more.
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6.8 MM Ammunition Production Facility
The U.S. Army’s Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, along with the Joint Munitions Command, officially broke ground on a new 6.8 mm ammunition production facility in support of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri. Read on to learn more about the 6.8 mm family of ammunition, set to be produced at the new facility.
Application Briefs Aerospace
F/A-18 Infrared Search and Rescue System
The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II system in November 2024, providing the fleet with an enhanced capability to search, detect and track airborne targets at long range. Read on to learn more.
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Patriot Missile Hits Target in Test of Upgraded ICBS Radar
Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3) missile successfully integrated with Raytheon’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar to defeat an...
INSIDER Aerospace
Army Seeks to Expand 3D Printing to the Tactical Edge
During AUSA 2024, leadership from several Army units that focus on material, manufacturing and sustainment discussed how the Army is expanding its use of 3D printing and advanced...
Articles Energy
A New Look at Ignition: Refining Our Understanding of Combustion Dynamics in Gun Chambers
Every time a soldier pulls the trigger on a 7.62 rifle or pulls the wire of a 155 Howitzer, a complex chain reaction ensues over the next millisecond that we refer to as the ignition event. Read on to gain a new look at ignition.
INSIDER Manned Systems
Barracuda: Anduril's New Software-Defined Autonomous Air Vehicles
Anduril is unveiling the Barracuda family of air-breathing, software-defined expendable Autonomous Air Vehicles (AAVs) that are optimized for affordable, hyper-scale...
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A New Low-Cost Air-Delivered Method for Defeating Surface Vessels
The Air Force proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a QUICKSINK demonstration in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force...
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How Next-Generation Edge Computers Will Shape Drone Warfare
Drones – or uncrewed aerial systems, as they are known by the military – have become ubiquitous in most armed forces around the world. Across all domains, drones employ a range of sensors. Read on to learn more about how next-gen edge computers will advance them.
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Next Generation C-UAS Missile
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center has selected BlueHalo and Raytheon to develop Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System Missile prototypes. Read on to learn what this means.
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Army's New Artillery Projectile Metal Parts Facility Begins Operations in Texas
The Army has inaugurated a new modular metal parts facility in Mesquite, Texas, the Pentagon announced Thursday, May 30, 2024.
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Ursa Major Performs First Successful Hotfire of Hypersonic Draper Engine
Ursa Major announced the successful hotfire of its 4,000-pound thrust closed catalyst cycle hypersonic Draper engine at the company’s Colorado headquarters. The...
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UK Selects Companies for New Domestic Hypersonic Development Framework
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected 90 companies and organizations from across its domestic industry and academic landscape to compete for contracts that...
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