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MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea

MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea

by | Aug 10, 2022 | C4ISR, Canada, Coastal & Littoral, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Electronics - General, FOCUS Articles, GE, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Logistics, Middle East - Other, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, Surface Ships - Combat, Textron, UAVs, United Technologies, University-related, USA

MQ-8B Fire Scout (click to view full) A helicopter UAV is very handy for naval ships, and for armies who can’t always depend on runways. The USA’s RQ/MQ-8 Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle has blazed a trail of firsts in this area, but its history is best...
MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea

AGM-158 JASSM: Lockheed’s Family of Stealthy Cruise Missiles

by | Aug 9, 2022 | Australia & S. Pacific, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, Europe - Other, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Precision Attack, Russia, Spotlight articles, USA

JASSM-ER from B-1B (click to view full) The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR (Global Positioning system/ Imaging InfraRed) guided cruise missile. It’s designed to attack...
MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea

RIM-162 ESSM Missile: Naval Anti-Air in a Quad Pack

by | Aug 5, 2022 | Alliances, Australia & S. Pacific, Canada, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, Germany, Issues - International, IT - Software & Integration, Japan, Lockheed Martin, Middle East - Other, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Partnerships & Consortia, Project Management, Protective Systems - Naval, R&D - Contracted, Raytheon, Support & Maintenance, Testing & Evaluation, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA

RIM-162: sections (click to view full) The RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) is used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft, and is designed to counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missiles. Compared to the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, ESSM is...
MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV Program: By Land or By Sea

UCLASS to be Descoped for CBARS Conversion AKA MQ-25 Stingray

by | Aug 1, 2022 | Contracts - Awards, GE, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, R&D - Contracted, Spotlight articles, Transformation, UAVs, United Technologies, USA

UCAS-D/ N-UCAS concept (click to view full) The idea of UAVs with full stealth and combat capabilities has come a long way, quickly. Air forces around the world are pursuing R&D programs, but in the USA, progress is being led by the US Navy. Their interest is...