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  Raytheon’s AGM-176 Griffin Mini-Missiles

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Raytheons-Griffin-Mini-Missiles-07182/

  As UAVs proliferate, and the demands of counter-insurgency fights force militaries to look at arming new kinds of aircraft, a number of manufacturers and governments are looking to develop precision-guided "mini-missiles" and glide weapons. Raytheon's

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  Moving Target: Raytheon’s GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Raytheon-Wins-USAs-GBU-53-Small-Diameter-Bomb-Competition-06510/

  The 250 pound GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb gives American fighters the ability to carry more high-precision GPS-guided glide bombs, without sacrificing punching power against fortified targets. The initial award to Boeing was controversial, and

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  Raytheon’s Standard Missile Naval Defense Family (SM-1 SM-6)

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/raytheons-standard-missile-naval-defense-family-updated-02919/

  SM-2 Launch, DDG-77 (click to view larger) Variants of the SM-2 Standard missile are the USA's primary fleet defense anti-air weapon, and serve with 13 navies worldwide. The most common variant is the RIM-66K-L/ SM-2 Standard Block IIIB, which entered…

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  NCADE: An ABM AMRAAM – Or Something More?

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/ncade-an-abm-amraam-03305/

  A lot has been written in recent years about the improvements in air-air missiles. Short-range air-air missiles (SRAAMs) have received particular attention due to their vastly improved wide-angle seekers, computer processor improvements driven by

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  JAGM: Joint Air-Ground Missile Again

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/joint-common-missile-program-fired-but-not-forgotten-0229/

  A recent decision by the Pentagon to cut the Joint Common Missile (JCM) program in order to fund operations in Iraq has triggered a counter-campaign by Alabama Senators and Representatives, and created a controversy over the future of the program. In May…

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  Paveway IV Dual-Guidance Bomb On Aircraft Integration Path

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/my-pgm-for-a-fuze-paveway-iv-hits-trouble-in-britiain-03644/

  Paveway-IV components(click to view larger) In 2003, Raytheon UK operation won the GBP 120 million pound contract to develop and produce Paveway IV, beating Boeing's INS/GPS guided JDAM. The GPS/INS and laser-guided 500-pound bombs are a British…

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  USA Issues JSOW Block III Production Contracts

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/USA-Issues-JSOW-Block-III-Production-Contracts-05338/

  In March 2007, Raytheon received a contract to develop the AGM-154C-1 variant of the popular JSOW glide bomb family. This new version would add moving target capability via improved imaging infrared seekers, better seeker algorithms, and a 2-way

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  Radar Refits: F-15s Looking for the AESA Edge

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-15s-looking-for-the-aesa-edge-04044/

  Most F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters use APG-63 radars, passive arrays mounted on a movable swashplate. While upgrades over the years have improved them, a new generation of radar technologies has appeared. With cruise missile defense rising in

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  Budget Busters: The USA’s SBIRS-High Missile Warning Satellites

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Despite-Problems-SBIRS-High-Moves-Ahead-With-3rd-Satellite-Award-05467/

  The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)-High satellite program is a key component of the USA's future missile alert system, designed to give maximum warning and monitoring of ballistic missile launches anywhere in the world. The new satellites will

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  Hydra, Awakened: Guided Air-Ground Rockets

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/guided-hydra-rockets-program-halts-new-entries-03157/

  Sen. Leahy's [D-VT] worked in the mid-2000s to keep the Hydra 70mm rocket family alive through special appropriations, just in time for the Hydras' potential on the battlefield to rise again. The key was the addition of low-cost precision guidance, which

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