Countershot Over India’s Latest Rifle Import
India’s latest contract to import American-built Sig Sauer Inc. SIG716 rifles has triggered heat and a debate over whether this is representative of all that […]
weapons
Gaston Glock, the man behind the gun, dies aged 94: report
Gaston Glock, the reclusive engineer and tycoon who developed one of the world’s best-selling handguns, died on Wednesday aged 94, Austrian news agency APA said. The Austrian won loyal followings among police and military across the world with the wea…
GE Aerospace Plans to Demonstrate Full Scale DMRJ Hypersonic Engine Next Year
General Electric‘s [GE] GE Aerospace division said on Dec. 14 that it plans to demonstrate a full-scale dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) hypersonic engine with rotating detonation combustion (RDC) next year, as […]
Defense Authorizers Would Establish DoD Joint Office to Forge Path on Energetics
The fiscal 2024 defense authorization conference report establishes a Joint Energetics Transition Center under DoD acquisition chief William LaPlante. The center is to develop “an energetic materials strategic plan and […]
US Halts Most Civilian Firearm And Ammunition Exports For 90 Days
Wikipedia Reuters: US halts exports of most civilian firearms for 90 days WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has stopped issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition for 90 days for all non-governmental users, the Commerce De…
Engine, Wing Assembly Design Lead Boeing to Project More Than 300 Nautical Range for Powered JDAM
Boeing‘s [BA] future Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition (PJDAM) is to have a range of more than 300 nautical miles–seven times the range of the company’s JDAM Extended Range (JDAM […]
Boeing and Kratos’ MDI Sign MOU for Powered JDAM
Kratos‘ [KTOS] Michigan-based Technical Directions, Inc. (TDI) business unit within the company’s unmanned systems division said that it has agreed with Boeing [BA] to develop and field the TDI-J85 turbine […]
DoD Awards X-Bow $64 Million To Strengthen Industrial Base For Large Solid Rocket Motors
The Defense Department has awarded X-Bow Systems a $64 million contract to position the startup as a second supplier of large-diameter solid rocket motors (SRMs) for two Army and Navy […]
Northrop Grumman Announces $705 Million Award for USAF Stand-in Attack Weapon
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 25 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded it a contract worth about $705 million to deliver the air-to-ground Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). “During […]
U.S. State Department Okays Sale of Munitions, Radars for Canadian MQ-9Bs
The U.S. State Department has given the go ahead for a more than $313 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of munitions, radars and other equipment for Canadian MQ-9Bs by General […]