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Air Weapons
Covering air-launched weapons in development, in production and in service with air forces around the world
Air Weapons
Greece to purchase Spike anti-tank missiles from Israel
Greece has recently finalized a deal with Israel to purchase anti-tank Spike missiles for its army and navy. The agreement, worth up to $400 million, is part of a series of defence procurement programmes...
Air Weapons
U.S. Air Force to receive 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapons
The Pentagon has recently awarded Raytheon Technologies a $320 million contract to produce and deliver 1,500 StormBreaker smart bombs, which are air-to-surface, network-enabled weapons that can engage moving targets in all weather conditions using...
Air Weapons
US Air Force to buy JSM cruise missiles for F-35 jets
The US Air Force is planning to buy 48 JSM (Joint Strike Missile) cruise missiles for its F-35 Lightning II fighters, according to a budget request for the fiscal year 2024. The JSM is...
Air Weapons
U.S. Air Force selects Raytheon, Northrop Grumman for hypersonic missile
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, has been selected by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile.
HACM is a first-of-its-kind weapon developed in conjunction with the...
Air Weapons
StormBreaker in successful test launch from F-35
The U.S. Navy conducted two successful test launches of the StormBreaker precision-guided glide bomb from an F-35B Lightning II, Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced on 19 September.
StormBreaker is an air-launched, precision strike weapon equipped...
Air Weapons
Meteor BVRAAM successfully fired from Gripen E
Swedish defence company Saab announced on 30 August that it had recently conducted the first test firing with the advanced Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) on Gripen E with a successful end-to-end...
Air Weapons
France successfully tests improved ASMPA nuclear missile
France's Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) announced on 23 March that the successful qualification firing of the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée Amélioré (ASMPA) air-launched cruise missile from a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft had been carried...
Air & Aerospace
U.S. to provide Ukraine with Switchblade loitering drones
President Joe Biden signed an order to transfer $800 million worth of equipment to Ukraine. This new package includes 800 anti-aircraft systems and 9,000 anti-armor systems. In addition, the United States is working with...