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Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II in WTI-2-18

06/05/2018
In a story written by Lance Cpl. Ashley McLaughlin  and published on March 28, 2018, the role of a new variant of a a precision weapon. U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One built 2.75-inch rockets configured with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II during ordnance building training.…

Norwegian Updates on The Standup of Their F-35s

06/05/2018
On May 22, 2018, three additional F-35s arrived at Ørland Air Base in Norway. According to a Norwegian Ministry of Defence press release dated May 23, 2018: Six aircraft are now on Norwegian soil. – Our new F-35s are a major investment and the most important acquisition to strengthen the…

A Look Inside 29 Palms

06/05/2018
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Gevedon with V1/3 conducts an interview at range 111. TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, UNITED STATES 05.09.2018 Video by Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Naranjo  Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms

TALONEX and WTI: The Marines Shape Ground-Air Innovations Which Can Come from the Sea

06/04/2018
As the Aviation aspect of Marine Corps capabilities are transformed over time, first Osprey, then the F-35 and then the CH-53K and onwards, working how the Ground Combat Element benefits from and contributes to the kind of innovations in operations that are possible is a major challenge. One way the…

The Naval Strike Missile for Cross Domain Fires

06/03/2018
The recent decision by the US Navy to procure the Naval Strike Missile clearly opens up greater opportunities for the Raytheon-Kongsberg team. In this excerpt from a video published by Navy Recognition from the Surface Warfare Symposium 2018, Raytheon and Kongsberg discuss one of those opportunities, namely supporting the US…

The Allied Dimension in Play: The US Navy Selects the Naval Strike Missile

06/03/2018
By Robbin Laird Last week, the Pentagon announced that Raytheon has won a $14.8 million contract to purchase the Naval Strike Missile for the Littoral Combat Ship and to put it in line to do the same for the new class of frigates which the US Navy is postured to…

From Sea Ceptor to Land Ceptor: The UK Trials Its New Air Defence Missile

06/02/2018
MBDA is building a new generation of missile defense capabilities, built in part around a common missile. Recently, the UK MoD announced the arrival of the Sea Ceptor for its frigates. he Sea Ceptor is a sea-based supersonic missile defence system developed by MBDA for the UK’s Royal Navy. The…