Following Pentagon admission, Raytheon touts their gear as ‘the UFO spotter’

Last week, news that the United States Defense Department had allocated some $22 million to the study of military reports of Unidentified Flying Objects since 2007 surprised the world, but perhaps even more surprising was some of the evidence that surfaced along with the secretive investigative arm of the Pentagon.  According to Luis Elizondo, the […]

This is the anti-tank missile that the US may be sending to Ukraine

Reports emerged on Monday that the US is planning to send defensive weapons to Ukraine in order to deter Russia, which has managed and funded rebels in the Donbas. The plan includes sending Javelin anti-tank missile systems, and possibly anti-aircraft and other weapons systems. Developed by Raytheon in 1989, the FGM-148 Javelin is a large shoulder-mounted, infrared guided missile system capable of piercing 600mm to 800mm steel armor. […]

The Army successfully tested a laser gun on an Apache helicopter

An Apache helicopter just successfully honed in on and hit an unmanned target with a laser gun, according to a press release from Raytheon, the weapon’s manufacturer. It was the “first time that a fully integrated laser system successfully engaged and fired on a target from a rotary-wing aircraft over a wide variety of flight […]

The Swarm! Low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle swarming technology (LOCUST)

Imagine a ‘swarm’ of small drones flying in formation leading the advance into enemy territory doing surveillance and hindering hostile forces before the ground troops arrive. This is exactly what the US Marine Corps envisions with the Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology also known as LOCUST. Watch LOCUST in action! (This is so cool!) Lt. […]

The Swarm! Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology (LOCUST)

Imagine a ‘swarm’ of small drones flying in formation leading the advance into enemy territory doing surveillance and hindering hostile forces before the ground troops arrive. This is exactly what the US Marine Corps envisions with the Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology also known as LOCUST. Watch LOCUST in action! (This is so cool!) Lt. […]

Leonardo Jumps Back into the Air Force T-X Competition Minus Raytheon

Leonardo, the Italian aerospace company has decided to re-enter the Air Forces’ T-X competition to replace the T-39 jet trainer without its former partner on the project Raytheon. Just a couple weeks ago Raytheon and Leonardo announced they were dropping out of the competition but the wording of Raytheon’s statement, “Consequently, Raytheon and Leonardo will not […]

Raytheon and Leonardo Withdraw T-100 from Air Force T-X Competition

Raytheon and Leonardo announced they have decided to withdraw their T-100 trainer aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Advanced Pilot Training T-X program competition. Raytheon had stated that if their T-100 had been chosen to replace the T-38 trainer they would have built and tested the aircraft in the United States. “In February 2016, Raytheon and […]

Textron’s first production Scorpion Jet completes first flight and weapons testing

Textron Inc. announced the first flight of a production conforming Scorpion Jet on December 22. The company also recently completed successful initial weapons testing on the Scorpion which included launching rockets, firing AGM-114F Hellfire missiles and BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS). Photo Courtesy of Textron “The success of the first weapons capability exercise is […]