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

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

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 service in...
Raytheon’s Standard Missile Naval Defense Family (SM-1 to SM-6)

AW159 Wildcat: The Future Lynx Helicopter Program

Future Lynx naval (click to view full) In 2006, Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland received a GBP 1 billion (about $1.9 billion at 02/07 rates) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for 70 Future Lynx helicopters, and began a new chapter in a long-running...
Raytheon’s Standard Missile Naval Defense Family (SM-1 to SM-6)

US Hellfire Missile Orders, FY 2011-2022

USN MH-60S test (click to view full) Hellfire I/II missiles are the USA’s preferred aerial anti-armor missile, and are widely deployed with America’s allies. They equip America’s helicopter fleets (AH-64, AH-1, OH-58D, MH-60S/R), AH-64 and S-70...
Raytheon’s Standard Missile Naval Defense Family (SM-1 to SM-6)

Airfields Afloat: The USA’s New Gerald Ford Class Super-Carriers

USA’s Nimitz Class & UK’s Invincible Class (click to view full) Some nations have aircraft carriers. The USA has super-carriers. The French Charles De Gaulle Class nuclear carriers displace about 43,000t. India’s new Vikramaditya/ Admiral...