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The F-22 is having a modernization moment

The F-22 is having a modernization moment
The F-22 is having a modernization moment

How RTX is helping the Raptor stay ready to dominate the skies.

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RTX ramps up missile, c-UAS production as global weapon demand soars

RTX ramps up missile, c-UAS production as global weapon demand soars
RTX ramps up missile, c-UAS production as global weapon demand soars

“We have never seen more demand for these weapons as we have in the last year-plus,” said Paul Ferraro, Raytheon president of Air & Space Defense Systems.

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Australian budget: Historic defense spending, plus AU$1.2B on US-made missiles

Australian budget: Historic defense spending, plus AU$1.2B on US-made missiles
Australian budget: Historic defense spending, plus AU$1.2B on US-made missiles

Overall, the defense budget for the next year is set at AU$52.588 billion, the first time funding has exceeded AU$50 billion.

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AMRAAM and Stormbreaker: Air dominance weapons for the US and its allies

AMRAAM and Stormbreaker: Air dominance weapons for the US and its allies
AMRAAM and Stormbreaker: Air dominance weapons for the US and its allies

A new strategy for operations explaining how air dominance isn’t always about sustained control as much as it is about temporary air-corridor control.

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Raytheon’s New Peregrine Missile: Smaller, Faster, More Maneuverable

Raytheon’s New Peregrine Missile: Smaller, Faster, More Maneuverable
Raytheon’s New Peregrine Missile: Smaller, Faster, More Maneuverable

Raytheon’s StormBreaker Small Diameter Bomb II guided glide bomb “means that enemies can’t hide behind adverse weather, smoke or dust, anymore. Its tri-mode seeker is one-of-kind technology and gives pilots the ability to destroy moving targets from standoff ranges,” says Kim Ernzen, vice president for Air Warfare Systems.

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F-35 Racks Up Weapons Tests

F-35 Racks Up Weapons Tests
F-35 Racks Up Weapons Tests

The F-35 program completed 25 weapons tests in a month, a marked surge from the previous high of three in November 2014. The weapons tests used the aircraft’s latest software, the 3F version. During the tests, some 30 weapons were dropped or fired, including the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), AIM-120 Missile, the Small Diameter Bomb…

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Brexit, Russian Threat Shape Farnborough; F-35 Dominates Show

Brexit, Russian Threat Shape Farnborough; F-35 Dominates Show
Brexit, Russian Threat Shape Farnborough; F-35 Dominates Show

The Lockheed Martin F-35B advanced short take-off and vertical landing aircraft will make its debut at this year’s Farnborough International Air Show. The last combat aircraft in this class to premiere at Farnborough was the Yakovlev Yak-41 (Yak-141) Freestyle more than 20 years ago. How times have changed. The Freestyle was unarguably a star of what…

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Navy Fights For 52 LCS After SecDef Cuts To 40: Presence vs. Warfighting

Navy Fights For 52 LCS After SecDef Cuts To 40: Presence vs. Warfighting
Navy Fights For 52 LCS After SecDef Cuts To 40: Presence vs. Warfighting

UPDATED: Adds SecDef Carter Memo, Rep. Forbes Questioning Carter Decision, Navy Statement WASHINGTON: The Navy is not yielding to Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s memo cutting the Navy’s much-maligned Littoral Combat Ship program from 52 of the small ships to 40 and dumping one of the two shipyards building them. Carter plans to use the savings for other…

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