US Affordable Strike Programs Moved From Slideware to Contracts in August
The US Navy issued a second CHAOS award to Zone 5 for a maritime Rusty Dagger, the Army live-fired a containerized low-cost cruise missile at...
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The US Navy Is Building a Seabed Torpedo Launcher Sized for Orca
Liberator, a classified US Navy seabed launcher for Mk 48 heavyweight torpedoes, is sized to fit the Boeing Orca XLUUV's payload module. Production decisions are...
Embraer and Anduril to Integrate Palletized Barracuda-500M Cruise Missiles on the C-390
Embraer and Anduril signed an MoU at Farnborough to integrate the palletized Barracuda-500M cruise missile on the C-390 Millennium airlifter.
First US Sea-Drone Strike: Saronic Corsairs Hit Iran’s Bandar Abbas
CENTCOM struck Iran's Bandar Abbas Naval Base with three Saronic Corsair drone boats, the first combat use of unmanned surface vessels by US forces.
Islamabad Talks, Gulf Security, and the Iran-US War’s Next Phase
The Islamabad talks between the United States and Iran ended without a deal on Sunday, April 12, after 21 hours of negotiations at the Serena...
US Deploys Two Carrier Strike Groups as Epic Fury Escalates
The United States has deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups to the Middle East as part of Operation Epic Fury – its ongoing air and...
US Pursues Low-Cost Interceptors and Lasers Against Shahed Swarms
The United States and its Gulf allies are reportedly negotiating the procurement of interceptor drones and accelerating the deployment of directed-energy weapons to counter Iranian...
Operation Epic Fury: US Claims Air Dominance Over Iran
US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has carried out more than 3,000 airstrikes against Iranian military positions in the first week of Operation Epic Fury,...
Skepticism Clouds Over US Navy’s FFG(X) Cost Estimates
Though the USN took steps to mitigate the risk of cost overruns by selecting an existing ship design, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) is urging...