UK’s Excalibur test bed hits phase 2, flight target set for 2026
Leonardo UK and 2Excel recently won a $150 million contract for the converted 757 aircraft to be packed with tech.
Stealth Destroyer DDG-1000’s Biggest Trials Lie Ahead
WASHINGTON: As shipbuilder Bath Iron Works laid the keel for the third and final destroyer of the DDG-1000 class, the Navy and industry were struggling to understand embarrassing breakdowns on the first ship, the USS Zumwalt. Congress fears there could be worse to come. “The hard work hasn’t really begun yet in terms of delivering the […]
Excalibur Goes To Sea: Raytheon Smart Artillery Shoots Back
SURFACE NAVY ASSOCIATION: Paul Daniels of Raytheon is a bit miffed. Yesterday, prominent defense commentator Loren Thompson wrote an article in Forbes extolling the technology Daniels works on, precision-guided cannon shells — particularly the products of BAE Systems. But Daniels doesn’t work for BAE. He works on Raytheon’s Excalibur smart round, fired 800 times in anger in […]