Artist rendering of NGI in flight. Photo credit: Lockheed Martin NGI (Next Generation Interceptor) is designed to counter long range ballistic missile threats from rogue nations to the U.S. homeland. Lockheed Martin has been awarded the NGI contract to develop the...
A photo from last year’s test of DragonFire. (Photo: Royal Navy) The weapon will provide highly effective defence against drone and missile threats with just £10 a shot. The UK Ministry of Defence announced that the new, cutting-edge DragonFire laser will...
Composite image with an F-35 carrying four Mako missiles under the wings and, in the box, the mockup displayed at the Sea Air Space 2024 exposition. (Images: Lockheed Martin and Naval News) The new multirole, multiplatform Mako missile can be employed...
File photo of an F/A-18F Super Hornet launching an AGM-158C LRASM during a test event in 2019. (Photo: NAVAIR) The latest Integrated Test Event is considered a “graduation exercise” of the latest configuration of the weapon. The U.S. Navy and Lockheed...
B-52 Stratofortress crews from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota and the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, participated in hypersonic weapon familiarization training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 27,...
A screencap from the video below showing the Kh-101 missile releasing flares, with the boxes showing a Kh-101 missile before being loaded and its wreckage equipped with countermeasures dispensers. (Images from X and Russian military, edited by The Aviationist) The video...
The 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron test loads a new nuclear-capable weapons delivery system for the B-2 Spirit bomber on June 13, 2022 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devan Halstead) The bomb...
An Italian Air Force fires a Meteor missile during a test in the UK (Image credit: ItAF) An Italian Air Force TF-2000A was involved in the live firing campaign at the UK‘s Hebrides range. In the last weeks, the Italian Air Force...
The JDAM-ER installed on the MiG-29 and the Storm Shadow installed on the Su-24. (Photos: Ukrainian Air Force and Twitter sources) Photos posted online show the bomb’s Mk-80 series body and part of its glide kit, as well as a Storm...
An F-16C taking off from Nellis AFB with two inert B61 bombs. (Photo: Joseph Albergo) The OT-marked jet was captured taking off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, last month. A topic that is often being talked about for the U.S....
