Rheinmetall has released footage of a live-fire test of a Spike anti-tank guided missile from the turret of its Lynx infantry fighting vehicle. In the footage uploaded to YouTube, a… Continue reading "Rheinmetall Demonstrates Spike Missile Integration On Lynx IFV"
Airbus has recently showcased their new H-145M helicopter integrated with the Spike ER2 anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). The presentation took place during “H-145M Firing Demo Days Romania” at the Cincu… Continue reading "Airbus H145M Live Fires Spike ER2 In Romania"
The United States Navy is looking into its major shipbuilding programs and reassessing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on schedules and costs as shipyards are being increasingly affected by… Continue reading "USS Kennedy’s Among Other US Navy Project Schedules Reassessed as COVID-19 Cases Spike"
Earlier this year it was confirmed that the US Army would be purchasing Spike Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) to augment the Apache fleet’s ability to defeat hostile air defense systems by outranging… Continue reading "Spike NLOS for America and the Failure of JAGM"
Rafael have announced a deal with the Israeli Ministry of Defense for their Spike FireFly Loitering Munition. The Spike FireFly was developed jointly by Rafael with the Israeli military from… Continue reading "Israel Buys Rafael’s Spike FireFly Loitering Munition"
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have won the Australian Army’s Long Range Direct Fire Support Weapon (LRDFSW) requirement under Project LAND 159 (Lethality Systems) with their Spike LR2 5th generation anti-tank… Continue reading "Australian Army Confirms Spike ATGM for Dismounted Role"
The German military have agreed an order for additional Israeli Spike LR (Long Range) 5th generation ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles) to equip the German Army as their primary tank-killer ATGM.… Continue reading "Bundeswehr Orders More Rafael Spike LR ATGM"
Over the final week of August at the Yuma Proving Grounds, the US Army conducted 5 test launches of the Spike-NLOS missile from an AH-64E Apache. This was the final… Continue reading "Spike-NLOS Test-fired by US Army Apache, Other Services Interested"
Over the course of June, Oshkosh’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) had two different anti-tank missiles (ATGMs) test-fired from remote weapon stations. The first was Spike LR which was integrated… Continue reading "Spike LR and Javelin test-fired on JLTV"
Last week, the Danish Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) signed a contract with BAE Systems Hägglunds for the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the Royal Army’s (Hæren) CV90… Continue reading "BAE Systems To Modernize Denmark’s CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles"