What isn't as understood by the public are the missiles' variants, one of which has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. The Hellfire R9X, commonly known as the "Knife Bomb," has a lot in ...

The low collateral damage variant of the Hellfire missile, with pop-out blades instead of an explosive warhead, was first documented in 2019, but has remained elusive. Video footage released by U ...

Following the type’s first UK flight in November 2023, unmanned Protector RG1s, the UK designation for MQ-9B, are now conducting regular flights from their Lincolnshire base. Over the past week ...

French defense procurement agency DGA has conducted the first test firing of the long-range MBDA Akeron LP missile designed for use by the Tiger attack helicopter and to replace the U.S. Hellfire ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT recently secured a modification contract valued at $42 million to provide HELLFIRE II Missiles and Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM). The work related to this ...

Footage of the impact was not recorded, but the drone subsequently disappears from view and the crew ... could include powerful Hellfire or Brimstone anti-tank missiles, or cheaper, laser-guided ...

Poland has signed a contract to buy Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on 30 May. The deal was finalised between the armament ...

Languages: English. The United States Army awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin a multiple-year deal to ramp up the production of Hellfire missiles, the company announced Monday. The ...

The parachute deploys and the projectile spun in a so-called ‘nutation mode’ that allows the sensor to seek targets on its descent, before firing the EFP at the top of any vehicles in the zone of view ...

Depending on the variant, the Hellfire missile has a range of 8,000 to 11,000 meters. This latest Hellfire missile test reached at least 20,000 kilometers, and possibly as far as 33,000 kilometers ...

The US Navy is putting Hellfire missiles on its Littoral Combat Ships for surface warfare operations. (US Navy) As the US Army moves away from its stalwart AGM-114 Longbow Hellfire missile to make ...