Wie das Verteidigungsministerium in London am 17. Mai mitgeteilt hat, wird ein neues kostengünstiges Lenkflugkörpersystem gegen Drohnenangriffe in den Nahen … mehr...
Dans le cadre de la mission multinationale «strictement défensive» qu’il envisage de lancer avec la France, dès que les «circonstances le permettront», pour protéger le trafic maritime commercial dans le détroit d’Ormuz, le Royaume-Uni a fait savoir qu’il mobiliserait, outre le destroyer HMS Dragon, des moyens pour la lutte contre les mines, des drones navals...
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Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s deployed to the Middle East have begun carrying APKWS guided rockets just weeks after completing a rapid testing and certification process. In early March 2026, we reported on the sighting of a Royal Air Force Typhoon outfitted with two rocket pods at BAE Systems’ Warton airfield. Though unconfirmed at the […]
The Air Force and General Atomics have successfully test-fired laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets using an MQ-9A Reaper drone.
The post Drone-Killing Drone: Air Force Tests APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets on MQ-9 appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.
GA-ASI and the U.S. Air Force tested the MQ-9A Reaper with APKWS laser-guided rockets, firing at both air and ground targets at the Nevada Test and Training Range. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced a test in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force which saw the MQ-9A Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) employing Advanced Precision […]
The possible deals include three countries buying APKWS, and Qatar could be purchasing more Patriot interceptors.
Le 19 mars dernier, le Bureau des affaires politico-militaires du département d’État américain a approuvé plusieurs ventes d’équipements militaires [radars, missiles air-air, systèmes de lutte antidrone] aux Émirats arabes unis et au Koweït pour un montant total estimé à 16,5 milliards de dollars. Et d’expliquer que ces deux pays étaient confrontés à une «situation d’urgence»,...
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A BAE spokesperson told Breaking Defense that the air-to-surface test was internally funded, “as part of our commitment to invest in the advanced capabilities our customers require.”
An RAF Typhoon was pictured at BAE Systems Warton carrying two seven round LAU-131 rocket pods, which can be used to fire APKWS guided munitions against surface and, importantly, air targets. The images, taken by Tech Digital Photography, mark the first time that we’ve seen a Typhoon outfitted with a rocket pod in the flesh. […]
About 15 seconds separated F-16 “Wild Weasel” pilots Lt. Col. William “Skate” Parks and Maj. Michael “Danger” Blea from life or death in the night skies over Yemen.
The post Life or Death Over Yemen: How 2 F-16 Pilots Survived a Houthi SAMbush appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Following the first sighting of the new capability in December 2025, a Ukrainian F-16 was captured using APKWS II laser-guided rockets to engage a drone. A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 was captured for the first time while using its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II guided rockets against a Russian unmanned system, believed to […]
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