Two PrSMs were launched in a mid-range flight against a set target proving the system’s continued accuracy and readiness. Meant to eventually replace the MGM-140 ATACMS, PrSM is the Army’s next-generation, long-range tactical guided surface attack weapon capable of neutralizing targets...
The Utah National Guard AH-64D (screenshot from the FOX 13 video) An F-35 pilot with only 35 minutes of experience in an Apache simulator was flying the Utah National Guard Apache that crashed earlier this year. On Feb. 12, 2024, a...
An AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopter conducts nap of the earth flight during a capabilities demonstration at Fort Rucker, Alabama on Oct. 27, 2022. (US Army/Lt. Col Andy Thaggard) As armored and ‘maneuver warfare’ emerges in Europe, the one weapon that can...
An AH-64 Apache helicopter equipped with CIRCM, visible on the stub wing (circled in red). (Image credit: U.S. Army) The new self-protection system is being fielded on more than 1,500 Army aircraft, after the Initial Operational Capability was reached last year....
The Sikorski Raider X prototype. (Photo: Sikorski/Lockheed Martin) Along with FARA, the U.S. Army will also terminate the UH-60V program, postpone the Improved Turbine Engine Program production and retire legacy UAS. The U.S. Army has unexpectedly announced the cancellation of the...
The new $114 million Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) contract confirms the renovated focus on aircraft survivability against novel advanced threats. BAE Systems has been awarded a $114 million Foreign Military Sale by the U.S. Army for AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning...
A C-27J assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command. (Photo: USASOC) The C-27J is the largest aircraft employed by the U.S. Army and used in support of Special Operations Forces. Few days ago, the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation...
File photo of a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) during night air-to-air refueling (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carlos Jimenez) Five crew members aboard a Black Hawk of the U.S. Army 160th...
RAIDER X is Sikorsky’s prototype for the US Army FARA program (Photo Lockheed Martin) The RAIDER X prototype was unveiled at the annual AUSA 2023 conference. The annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2023 conference became the venue where...
An AH-64E Apache in flight. (Photo: Boeing) While the latest AH-64E variant will be produced until at least 2028, Boeing is working on a new modernized variant that will complement the new aircraft of the Future Vertical Lift program. Boeing was...
