The U.S. Navy rapidly added new C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aerial System) capabilities to the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships in the form of Longbow Hellfire missiles. The U.S. Navy has ...

The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will soon be firing deck-launched Hellfire ... Army AH-64E Apache helicopter destroyed a target 23 miles away using a new Spike-NLOS missile earlier ...

In recent years, the U.S. Army previously deployed the missile for a similar anti-aircraft role on its Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense, with the launcher yielding two Longbows in what the ...

The EAF has already purchased APKWS rockets for use on its Apache aircraft so it will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces,” the DSCA said. The Hellfire missiles are ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Instead of an explosive charge, the missile uses several pop-out blades to chop up targets and prevent civilian casualties. The Hellfire missile was originally ...

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The U.S. Navy carried out a crash program last year to enable Freedom class littoral combat ships (LCS) armed with radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles to fire those weapons against ...

The USS Indianapolis is the first Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be modified to fire Hellfire missiles meant to take out enemy drones and missiles. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Jan 18 ...

An AGM-114B Hellfire missile roars off the rails of a U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter during training in California in 1999. The agency told Congress the deal is aimed at “supporting Israel ...