Day: March 21, 2019

EASR to begin live testing at Wallops Island Test Facility

Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 by alert5

Raytheon’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) is now sitting on top of a 100 foot test tower at the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, Virginia. It will undergo system-level testing for the rest of this year.

The Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, or EASR, is the U.S. Navy’s next generation radar for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships, providing simultaneous anti-air and anti-surface warfare, electronic protection and air traffic control capabilities.

Photo” Raytheon
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First Brimstone 3 firing

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alert5

MBDA has conducted the first firing of the Brimstone 3 missile in Sweden last month.

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Ukraine unveils its Bayraktar TB2

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alert5

How the S-200 lead Americans to arm ICBMs with MIRV warheads

Posted on March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 by alert5

In 1964, a KH-4A Corona satellite spotted a site in Tallinn, Soviet Estonia under construction. The discovery lead the Americans to believe that the Soviets are setting up an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system at the site.

George Chernilevsky [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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March 2019 flight test video of David’s Sling

Posted on March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 by alert5