At least two Strike Eagles have been employed in the tests, equipped with four or six LAU-131 pods which would allow to carry up to 42 rockets during drone-hunting missions. Some images recently ...
The Department of State has cleared a potential $100 million foreign military sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems, or APKWS, to Saudi Arabia. BAE Systems will be the principal contractor in ...
HUDSON, N.H., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON: BA) recently delivered its 100,000th APKWS® laser-guidance kit, marking a major production milestone as it continues providing U.S. armed ...
The U.S. Air Force’s 20th Fighter Wing (FW) at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, has released images of one of its F-16C/D Fighting Falcons loaded with six seven-round LAU-131 A/A rocket pods on Triple ...
For years, the U.S. military has faced an expensive and embarrassing math problem: adversaries can field swarms of drones that cost a few thousand dollars each, while the cheapest American missile ...
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The US Air Force integrated BAE Systems’ APKWS II guided rockets onto F-15E fighters in just nine days, dramatically accelerating deployment to counter the growing threat of enemy drone swarms. The US ...
The F-15E Strike Eagles returning to their home base at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, feature interesting bomb markings (along with nose art depicting horror movie characters). Split into two ...
Per the terms of the deal, BAESY will manufacture and deliver up to 55,000 APKWS II units to support the upgrade of the current 2.75-inch Rocket System to a semi-active, laser-guided precision weapon ...
A video still showing the APKWS rocket leaving the TRV-150 launch UAS. (BAE Systems) BAE Systems has trialled the use of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) from a modified version of ...
The US government has cleared a possible Czech Republic purchase of air-to-surface missiles for attack helicopters. The $139 million package includes 200 Lockheed Martin AGM-114R Hellfires and 600 BAE ...