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  • Harvest HAWK Completes Phase One Testing

    05/10/2010 12:33:08 AM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 2 replies · 412+ views
    ASDN News ^ | 4/28/2010 | ASDN News
    The Harvest HAWK equipped KC-130J Hercules completed Phase One testing here on Apr. 10 and departed for the West Coast for required maintenance and to continue testing on NAVAIR's ranges at China Lake, Calif. Harvest HAWK is a modular roll-on, roll-off weapons system for the KC-130J consisting of a Fire Control Console in the aircraft's cargo compartment, the Target Sight Sensor (TSS) mounted in the left under wing fuel tank and a launcher for four Hellfire missiles mounted on the left hand refueling pylon. NAVAIR is working a complimentary effort to test and deploy the Standoff Precision Guided Munition (SOPGM)...
  • New unmanned aerial system tests advanced missile

    02/21/2010 8:16:56 PM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 15 replies · 543+ views
    Army.mil ^ | 1/18/2010 | Marianne Higgins/Kris Osborn
    The Army's newest and most advanced Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) UAS, has successfully completed a series of tests with the HELLFIRE® II UAS --- a missile specially engineered to fire from a UAV with a 360-degree targeting ability, service officials said. The tests, involving nine perfect or near-perfect missile firings, took place at the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, Calif., and demonstrated the missile's ability to engage a wider target envelope than a typical Hellfire missile, said Tim Owings, Deputy Project Manager, Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems. "The significance to this is this is the first...