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(This article first appeared in 2018.) On July 12, 2018, the USS Racine met her grisly fate. The 522-foot long tank landing ship was struck by four different types of guided missiles, one of which triggered a massive explosion that sent shards of debris spraying across the sea and ripped open part of her hull, exposing the inner decks. Finally, a Mark 48 torpedo struck the forty-six-year-old vessel beneath the waterline and nearly snapped off her bow. An hour later, the five-thousand-ton ship ...

By Garrett Reim2021-03-11T00:44:00+00:00 Northrop Grumman plans to pitch the US Army on an air-launched effect variant of the UVision Hero family of loitering munitions. The air-launched effect, called Hero ALE, is intended for use with the service’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft, including its next-generation utility and scouting rotorcraft. The US Army is pushing development of air-launched effects as a sort of general-purpose drone that could carry reconnaissance, electronic warfare ...

Performance Drone Works Menne joins Performance Drone Works from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. HUNTSVILLE, AL, USA, March 2, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Performance Drone Works today announced that Jim Menne has joined Performance Drone Works as Chief Engineer. Mr. Menne joins Performance Drone Works from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. where he served as their Huntsville based Engineering Manager. During his time with GA-ASI, he served in several roles within the organiz...

Share The MQ-1C, pictured carrying the defensive Networked Electronic Warfare Remotely Operated payload, is the linchpin of the Army’s new offensive airborne electronic warfare strategy. Credit: U.S. Army Blasphemy showed up for the first time on a U.S. Army unmanned aircraft system last summer.  Besides the provocative name of the Army’s mission pod, almost nothing else is known about Blasphemy. When the pod appeared on a briefing slide about a demonstration of advanced electronic w...

The Monday Military Aviation Quiz 32 Primary tabs 1st March 2021 Question 1 of 10 McDonnell Douglas EAV-8B+ Matador II British Aerospace (BAe) Sea Harrier FA2 McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II Question 2 of 10 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian Boeing F-15C Eagle Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC)/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 Thunder Question 8 of 10 Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II Question 9 of 10 Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II ...

Can Iran Dominate Middle-East Airspace With Indigenous Version Of MQ-9 Reaper Drones? February 27, 2021 Has Iran launched its own version of the US’ MQ-9 Reaper drone? The Middle-Eastern nation has unveiled its new Kaman-22 drone, which is said to be based on American drones such as the MQ-1 Predator and the ‘most lethal’ MQ-9 Reaper. The latest drone comes four years after Iran purportedly captured a Predator UAV belonging to the US military. The drone was reportedly captured by the Iran...

Changes, upgrades coming to Maggie festival grounds The Town of Maggie Valley recently decided on several upgrades and changes to the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds this month. The town purchased property that will be used for additional parking, purchased a gate to be installed along the western side of the grounds and changed the amplified music noise ordinance.  At a special called meeting Feb. 15, the Maggie Valley Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to purchase the 1.05-acre par...

Grey Eagle Distributors is acquiring Mullally Distributing Co. of Cuba, Missouri Credit: SLBJ Author: Vince Brennan – St. Louis Business Journal Published: 7:54 AM CST February 19, 2021 Updated: 7:54 AM CST February 19, 2021 ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis beer distributor and one of the region’s largest privately held companies will grow its distribution area with the acquisition of a central Missouri company. Grey Eagle Distributors is acquiring...

By Garrett Reim2021-02-04T01:35:00+00:00 The US Army says it has conducted manned-unmanned teaming between the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and two different unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). An AH-64E, a Textron Shadow RQ-7BV2 Block 3 tactical UAV and a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range UAV successfully worked together to carry out an air-to-ground missile attack at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah last October, the service says. Source: US Army US Army AH-...

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 11:33 There is a search for new methods to fight air targets triggered by a rapid development of drones, which pose a major danger to the warring parties and numerous economic, infrastructure objects and mass events in peacetime, Colonel PhD Military Science V. Tikshaev and Retired Lieutenant-General PhD Military Science V. Barvinenko write in the Military Thought magazine. Current large UAS platforms like this General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle provide important capa...