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Lockheed Delivers Integrated Laser Weapon to US Navy

Lockheed Delivers Integrated Laser Weapon to US Navy

SAN DIEGO — Lockheed Martin delivered to the U.S. Navy a 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS), the first tactical laser weapon system to be integrated into existing ships and provide directed energy capability to the fleet.

Integrated and sca…

Marine Corps Orders 8 Extended-Range MQ-9A Reaper UAVs

Marine Corps Orders 8 Extended-Range MQ-9A Reaper UAVs

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy recently awarded a $135.8 million contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for eight MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems that are scheduled for delivery to the Marine Corps in late 2023.

MQ-9A ER will provide a large scale, l…

Swiss Voters Could Have Final Say On Buying New US Fighter Jets

Swiss Voters Could Have Final Say On Buying New US Fighter Jets

ZURICH — A left-wing coalition has gathered enough signatures to challenge the Swiss government’s plan to purchase F-35A fighter jets from the United States.

Political groups behind the “Stop F-35” initiative, which opposes the government’s plan to buy 36 new F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Mar…

USAF Looks for Resupply Options for Pacific Operations

USAF Looks for Resupply Options for Pacific Operations

SCOTT AFB, Ill. — Air Mobility Command brought together around 200 experts from across the U.S. military for the 2022 Mobility Air Forces Weapons and Tactics Conference July 25 through Aug. 6 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Their charge: analyze mobility solutions to operational problems faced …
Westerners Sponsor Slogans Written on Bombs Aimed At Russians

Westerners Sponsor Slogans Written on Bombs Aimed At Russians

KYIV, Ukraine — At a military position near the front line, members of a Ukrainian military unit snickered as a soldier with tattooed arms scrawled a phallic symbol on an artillery shell designed for an M777 howitzer cannon.

At a separate position, a Ukraine soldier loaded a shell that read “He…

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