By Raytheon on Monday, June 24th, 2013 Raytheon Company has initiated an internally funded program to improve its combat-proven 155mm Excalibur GPS-guided projectile with a brand new guidance and navigation unit (GNU) with a semi-active laser (SAL) end-game targeting capability. Addition of the SAL seeker will allow the munition to attack moving targets, attack targets which have re-positioned after firing, or change the impact point to prevent casualties and collateral damage. “No other gun-launched GPS-guided artillery round is as precise as Excalibur, which in its current design gives one the facility to hit within 4 meters of the objective 90... Read More »

By UK Ministry of Defence on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 RAF Typhoon aircraft may be armed with Meteor missiles from later this decade after an agreement was signed today by industry and the four Eurofighter nations. During a brief ceremony on the Paris Air Show, Defence Ministers from the united kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain witnessed a freelance being signed between Eurofighter and NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) so they can see the missile system integrated onto the aircraft. The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air to Air missile, manufactured by MBDA, is a state-of-the-art long range weapon that... Read More »

By Army News Service on Monday, June 24th, 2013 Military analysts now have a device that brings together unprecedented modeling and simulation features to assist them better choose, or build weapons to overpower future threats. Such features allow military researchers to investigate, for instance, how a grenade, artillery round or another weapon performs — or falls short — against moving targets in complex battlefield scenarios, that’s one of the most biggest challenges the army faces today. With this knowledge, researchers say, Army leaders can identify future technology investments early on, whether it really is modifications to existing weapons or replacing... Read More »

By Air Force News Agency on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 Indications are that the F-35 joint strike fighter program — the costliest aviation program in Defense Department history — is heading in the right direction, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics told a Senate panel here June 19. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee this morning, Frank Kendall said the F-35 would be the premier strike aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. “The department’s and my focus was at the efforts to manipulate costs at the program, and to reach a more... Read More »

By RIA Novosti on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) are testing a remote-controlled mine-clearance vehicle designed to let Yars mobile ballistic missile launchers travel safely through minefields, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “The vehicle will allow the components of the missile system to breach minefields in addition to reduce the specter of individually-placed explosive devices,” the ministry quoted RVSN engineering service head, Col. Dmitry Yevmenenko as saying. The new vehicle will use advanced microwave emitters in addition to traditional mine-clearing devices to detect and eliminate mines along the patrol routes utilized by Yars launchers. The... Read More »