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F-35 Operates as ‘Elevated Sensor’ to Destroy Cruise Missile The F-35 jet has been used with IBCS before but this most recent intercept broke new ground in several key respects. An airborne F-35 jet recently sent targeting specifics to a ground-based Patriot missile fire control system to track and destroy an approaching cruise missile threat. This small feat shows that the Pentagon has taken a step closer to realizing its multi-year vision for cross-domain combat connectivity.  A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile intercepted a surrogate cruise missile using an F-35 jet as an “ele...

The US Marine Corps is ‘repackaging' key components of Rafael's Iron Dome on to a trailer so that it is more suitable for expeditionary operations and can be used with the service's AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) and its C...

The long-delayed Navy Fiscal Year 2022 budget request submitted to Congress May 28 reflects modest increases in several areas, but overall shows no significant changes, either in weapons procurement or readiness accounts. The service is asking for eight ships, but only four are combatants – two submarines, one destroyer and one frigate – while the […]

Marine Corps Invests in Drone Truck-Based Ship-Killer Missile as it Ditches Some MRAPs The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System can launch naval strike missiles from the back of a modified Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to destroy targets on land or at sea. (U.S. Navy) 28 May 2021 The Marine Corps wants to ramp up its ground combat and long-range fires capabilities with a burst of fresh funding -- and it's getting rid of more than $9 million worth of old gear to help pay for it. The White House budget request for fiscal 2022 totals $47.86 billion for the Marine Corps, up from $45....

AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR radar system pictured in 2019 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Japan. (Photo: USMC/Lance Cpl Leo Amaro) Naval Surface Warfare Center experts gain hands-on experience with the AN/TPS-80 in integrated test evaluations. The US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division announced on 8 April that it had completed five weeks of integrated test evaluations of the Northrop Grumman AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system. Researchers performed interoperability testing with the G/ATOR system, preparing first by verifying the command's infrastructure function...