Lockheed Martin and Israeli company, Rafael have agreed to jointly develop and manufacture a ground-based High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) for use against rockets, UAVs and mortars.The future joint-development will be based on the assets that have been developed independently by RAFAEL and the Israeli Ministry of Defense's Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) within the framework of the IRON BEAM project
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Mid-Range Capability (MRC) battery, also known as the Typhon Weapon System, to the United States Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office (RCCTO).Lockheed Martin scaled its Aegis Command and Control functions and the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System to quickly meet Army long-range fires needs
Three Tu-95 strategic bombers are likely damaged in separate blasts at two Russian airfields this morning, state and independent media outlets reported Monday. The Russian MoD said two aircraft were slightly damaged while three servicemen were killed and four injured
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet crashed in Primorsky Krai, the the Eastern Military District (EMD) reported on Friday."On December 2, in the Primorsky Territory, during a planned training flight, a MiG-31 aircraft crashed
A £15.4 million contract for a crewless submarine has been awarded to Plymouth firm MSubs by the Royal Navy
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has “set its sights to 2027" in terms of achieving the capability to invade Taiwan, a Pentagon report issued Nov. 29 has claimed
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) on Nov. 17 paired a MQ-20 Avenger UAS with a Sabreliner, operated by Lockheed Martin and acting as a surrogate fighter, and two F-5 Advanced Tigers (AT) from Tactical Air Support configured with internal TacIRST sensors, to perform multi-platform infrared sensing
Japans Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has announced the launch of a defense hotline between China and Japan next spring, a move which Chinese observers say can avoid escalation of tensions if miscalculation or other frictions arise. The two Asian powers have been at odds over some hot-button issues involving the East China Sea, the Diaoyu Islands and the South China Sea
The Russian armed forces have threatened to destroy Civilian satellites if they are used for Intel gathering about Russian troop movements by Ukraine. “We confirm that such a quasi-civilian infrastructure, if used in military operations against Russia, can quite logically become a legitimate target for retaliatory defeat,” Vladimir Yermakov, the director of the department of the Russian Foreign Ministry for non-proliferation and arms control said in an interview with Russias state-owned RIA Novosti
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