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BAE Laser-Guided Rockets Used in Afghanistan
BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, or APKWS, has been shot almost 100 times in combat operations in Afghanistan this year, and there hasn’t been a single failure after launch. “The vast majority have been direct hits,” said U.S. Navy Captain Brian Corey, APKWS program manager for PMA-242. “The missions we’re seeing require a [...]
Lockheed Demos New Ground-Based Laser System Against Rockets and UASs
Lockheed Martin today announced that it has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne targets. Lockheed Martin developed the Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) system to provide a defense against short-range threats, such as rockets and unmanned aerial systems. Since August, the ADAM system has successfully engaged [...]
Israel’s Iron Dome plays growing role in Gaza conflict
Iron Dome, Israel’s much vaunted anti-missile defence system, is playing an increasingly important role in the growing confrontation between the Jewish state and Gaza-based militants. Since the latest round of bloodshed erupted 48 hours ago with an Israeli strike on a top Hamas militant, Israel has attacked more than 500 targets in Gaza in hundreds [...]
New Raytheon warhead lethal to enemy rockets
The U.S. Army and Raytheon completed a warhead test for the new Accelerated Improved Interceptor Initiative (AI3). Once fielded, AI3 is intended to provide a new level of warfighter protection by destroying incoming rockets, artillery and mortars. The ground-based system will leverage proven technologies from many of Raytheon’s programs, including the Sidewinder air-to-air missile and [...]
Lockheed Wins US Army Contract for Guided MLRS rockets
Lockheed Martin has received a $353.2 million U.S. Army follow-on contract for the seventh production lot of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rockets. Designed for destroying targets at ranges up to 70 kilometers, GMLRS is an all-weather, rapidly deployable, long-range rocket that delivers precision strike beyond the range of most conventional weapons. GMLRS [...]
Egypt seizes Grad rockets smuggled from Libya: reports
Egypt has seized a large weapons consignment, including Grad rockets, that had been smuggled from Libya and could have been headed to the Gaza Strip, press reports said on Saturday. The haul, which included 138 Grad rockets and a further 139 Grad warheads, was made in the Mediterranean coastal town of Marsa Matruh, not far [...]
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Deployed to Afghanistan
The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), the latest weapon in the fight against insurgency forces, was recently approved for its first deployment by Headquarters Marine Corps. “One of the comments we get from the shooters is that they have a high level of confidence in the weapon,” said John Watkins, director of Precision Guidance [...]
Raytheon Awarded $79.2 Million US Army Contract to Counter Rockets
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company a $79.2 million contract to develop a system that will detect and destroy incoming rockets. The solution is called the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3). Development will culminate in a demonstration in 18 months, followed by low rate initial production. “Rocket attacks have cost many U.S. and allied warfighters [...]
Rockets hit Pakistan Military academy near bin Laden home
Attackers on Friday fired rockets at Pakistan’s top military academy, damaging its outer wall in a major security breach near the home where Osama bin Laden lived for years, officials said. No one was hurt in the pre-dawn attack and it was unclear who fired the nine rockets from behind a mosque in mountains overlooking [...]
