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Archives by date > 2014 > January > 23rd

France’s AASM Precision-Guided Bombs

Jan 23, 2014 15:38 UTC

Latest updates[?]: Sagem can't rest on their laurels - Raytheon test shows unfilled AASM niche.
AASM from Mirage 2000

AASM test from
Mirage 2000D

France’s Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (AASM) is similar in concept to the American GPS-guided JDAM bomb, but its execution includes several key differences. The global trend toward GPS-guided weapons makes a French entry important for industrial as well as operational reasons, and the Sagem/MBDA team hope AASM will earn them a market niche.

In order to become a true market success, however, Sagem and MBDA know that their AASM will have to find export markets beyond France. Will that place them in conflict with Dassault?

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Influential Think Tank Warns of Robotic Proliferation

Jan 23, 2014 13:40 UTC

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  • Former Navy Undersecretary Bob Work joined the CNAS think tank last year. He’s now presenting a new report [PDF] making the case that it’s a matter of when rather than if before the emergence of a “new war-fighting regime in which guided munitions and battle networking has fully proliferated and unmanned and autonomous systems have become central to combat”.

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