The Army is one step closer to turning the AH-64 Apache helicopter into a drone hunting tool. Soldiers recently carried out live-fire tests of a new explosive round specifically designed to take out enemy drones at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.
The tests involved Apaches firing the new 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive rounds at multiple types of small drones.
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If you listen closely to the sounds coming from the Donbas on this frigid Winter day, you won’t just hear the whistle of incoming 152mm shells or the persistent buzz of drone engines in the sky. You will hear the sound of Ukrainian men and women’s fingers tapping away, in a muddy dugout near Bakhmut, as they stare at a cracked tablet screen.
These warriors aren’t scanning Netflix or a social media profile. They are looking at a leaderboard. To the left of the screen, a stack of empty crates represents the “freedom weight” of a unit that has run out of thermal optics.
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract worth around $400m to power the US Missile Defense Agency’s THAAD interceptors.
TTTECH North America has secured a contract to supply advanced TSN solutions for the US Army’s HADES aerial ISR initiative.
Dylan Malyasov, Defence Blog
The TRV-150 belongs to a family of cargo drones designed to improve rapid resupply operations across dispersed battlefields
Mikayla Easley, DefenseScoop
The command is interested in industry’s offerings for small cruise missiles following a successful demonstration of Leidos’ Black Arrow weapon from an…
Bill Rivers, RealClearDefense
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Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
The F-35’s vendor locked software is becoming a greater concern as relations between the U.S. and longtime allies falter.
Carter Johnston, Naval News
A joint urgent requirement identified in the U.S.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has published new images showing its rare J-11BSH long-range twin seat fighter aircraft conducting a flight training exercise under the Southern Theatre Command. The Command is responsible for operations in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, with the PLA remaining in a state of civil war with the Republic of China Armed Forces based on Taiwan Island in the former, while safeguarding territory amid often heated maritime disputes in the latter.