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BAE Systems and the US Army have successfully test fired a Sub-Caliber Artillery Long-Range Projectile with Enhanced Lethality from a 155 mm XM907E2 cannon at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with double the range of current precision guided… Continue reading BAE Systems successfully tests artillery shell with double the range
Along with its new X-winged VTOL military drone, BAE Systems has announced a new “Razer” system designed to take standard non-guided munitions and convert them into precision guided missiles, at low cost, and delivered through local manufacturing.Conti… Continue reading BAE unveils low-cost, high-volume precision guided missile kits
The STRIX was unveiled this morning at Australia’s Avalon Air Show, in front of air force chiefs from around the world – with the notable exceptions, according to the ABC, of Russian and Chinese delegates, who have been excluded from the conference.Con… Continue reading BAE unveils the Strix, a fascinating, tail-sitting X-wing VTOL UAV
BAE Systems Autonomous Pacific 24 (AP24) Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) has taken a major step from development to deployment, the robotic naval vessel being awarded Lloyd’s Register Unmanned Marine Systems Certification for its design and construction.Co… Continue reading BAE System’s robotic boat gets world-first Lloyd’s certificate
The first of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 City Class frigates, HMS Glasgow, has begun a very slow launch at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Scotland. Rather than sliding into the water with a dramatic splash, the 6,000-tonne warship will be shifted through … Continue reading Royal Navy’s first Type 26 frigate is launched – very, very slowly
BAE Systems has released the Viper Memory Loader Verifier II (MLV II), a new version of a maintenance capability that will reduce vulnerability to cyberattacks for F-16 aircraft. “Our first generation Viper MLV has 20 years of proven reliability and du… Continue reading BAE Systems Viper MLV II reduces F-16 aircraft vulnerability to cyberattacks
The sixth generation of supersonic stealth fighter planes is on its way. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the British-led Future Combat Air System initiative’s Tempest fighter program will fly a combat air demonstrator by 2027.Contin… Continue reading Tempest sixth-generation demonstration fighter to fly by 2027
BAE Systems has taken the wraps off its lightweight LiteWave Head-Up Display (HUD) system that is designed to be easy to install in the cockpits of a wide variety of military and civilian aircraft and be more comfortable to use.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading BAE Systems’ LiteWave HUD fits most military or civilian cockpits
BAE Systems has carried out its most realistic combat exercise to date using crewed and autonomous aircraft operating as teams. The demonstration at an undisclosed US Department of Defense flight test range saw fighter aircraft and drones equipped with… Continue reading BAE combat test teams fighter aircraft with AI-enabled drones
In 1952, Britain won the race to put the world’s first jet airliner into service by a comfortable margin, but it turned out to be a hollow victory. Disasters, delays, and an unlikely rival from across the Atlantic upended British ambitions and reshaped… Continue reading The Comet, the 707, and the disaster that shaped the Jet Age