Hawker Beechcraft Defense Co.’s AT-6 is the first fixed-wing aircraft to fire laser-guided rockets. Lasers, both on the plane and from the ground, guided the three-mile shots into their targets at the ...

Abu Dhabi based Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) is close to beginning manufacture of a laser guidance system for 2.75 inch rockets, which are used by helicopter-based defence systems EAI is ...

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems says the company and partner L-3 Communications have successfully test-fired a laser-guided rocket developed with the United Arab Emirates, demonstrating its ...

Israel plans to deploy its first operational high-power laser air-defense system by the end ...

BAE Systems has secured a potential six-year, $2.68B contract to manufacture lot 8 through lot 12 of a laser-guided weapon system for the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Army as well as nine countries to ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems’ Robotic Technology Demonstrator (RTD) successfully fired laser-guided rockets at multiple ground targets, with a human decision in the loop, during the ...

Laser-guided rockets were responsible for 40% of recent Houthi drone kills, a top US commander said. Gen. Michael Kurilla told lawmakers Tuesday that F-16 and F-15 fighter jets fired the APKWS rockets ...

According to the report, some of the jets are now equipped with LAU-131 rocket pods (originally designed for Hydra-70 ...

BAE Systems has secured a $175 million order from the U.S. Navy to produce more than 7,000 laser-guided rockets designed to engage targets and minimize potential collateral damage. The order falls ...

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is working with the United Arab Emirates to equip a line of armored vehicles with laser-guided rockets. In collaboration with Abu Dhabi-based NIMR Automotive, ...

BAE Systems says it has fired precision weapons from a large quadcopter uncrewed air system (UAS) to show how the combination can be used against drones and ground targets. The trial at the U.S. Army ...