cruise missile

This RFI, along with a bunch of other materials, was put out by AFRL in April/May as AFLCMC-EB-25-RFI01 . The Air Force has since pulled the files from SAM.gov , etc. but oh darn I happened to have the RFI saved.

From the first link in the excerpt:

https://www.twz.com/air/new-small-russian-cruise-missile-captured-by-ukraine-intelligence Regards,

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/dd/cc/f987a42f97d1c0/US20050211827A1.pdf

Ever since the first Zeppelin raids in World War 1 the vulnerability of the civilian population of the UK to attack from the air has been a major factor in shaping our armed forces. The tile "Air Defence of Great Britain" comes from the organisation set up to meet the only air threat imagined in...

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/sukhoi-unveils-modified-s-71-attack-uav-concepts Sukhoi has received approval from the Russian Defense Ministry to begin producing the S-71 air-launched UAV, which has undergone significant design changes based on lessons from the...

The US deployed Matador cruise missiles to Europe and then replaced them with Mace. With the arrival of Pershing 1 Mace was withdrawn. The West German Air Force received Matador but not Mace before getting Pershing. Was West Germany the only country offered these systems?

From the 70s to the end of the Cold War France deployed its own tracked vehicle launched battlefield nuclear missile, Pluton. A truck and trailer mounted replacement Hades was entering service as the Cold War ended. In peacetime Pluton and its warheads were stationed in France. However, once a...

Award for National University of Defense Technology for their contribution in achieving stable transient combustion of scramjet engine during change (speed, altitude, direction,) in flight conditions. 3 years ago, ground test China’s hypersonic cruise missile sees technological breakthrough...

I used to nurse the fond belief that only the B52G and H versions carried Hound Dog missiles and that they were only loaded in the "silver era". Thanks to the Internet it turned out that the Dog served well into the 70s and so was carried by SIOP scheme B52s. An example is shown here...

These are the variants of Taurus that i am aware of: Taurus KEPD 350: Standard version in service with Germany Spain and South Korea Taurus KEPD 150/Taurus L: A lighter variant of the in-service kinetic penetrator Taurus intended for Sweden to arm the Gripen. Taurus KEPD 150 SLM: Ship launched...

In the late 1950s the US deployed a bewildering range of tactical nuclear weapons in Western Europe. The US Army had its spectacular 280mm atomic cannon mounted between two trucks. It then had smaller 8" warheads for the M115 howitzer which were made available to the UK and other NATO allies...

Rapid dragon concept allow you to load cruise missile inside pallets and put on common cargo aircraft, then these cargo aircraft can launch all short of cruise missiles and bombs just like a bomber. For example: a C-17 can carry and launch 32 JASSM/LRASM missile For comparison, a dedicated...

location: Shahid Beheshti Air Base

Israeli SKy Dew Aerostat long range airborne warning aerostat https://theaviationist.com/2021/11/04/israel-sky-dew/?fbclid=IwAR2X2u_0hcfOTjcNxYaki4SKw27vv-twYErbuTDz_4rJ_nAFq4b3eYd7wkA

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2019/09/houthi-drone-and-missile-handbook.html?m=1 I’d like to know in particular the story behind the cannibalized Luna rockets

This doesn't really fit ARRW or PGSW, so I started a new thread.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/boeing-resurrects-effort-to-turn-jdam-bomb-into-cheap-cruise-missile/137046.article https://www.airforcemag.com/power-jdam-boeings-new-alternative-to-cruise-missiles/...