The Army has renewed its investment in the Hydra-70 family of 2.75-inch aviation rockets. June 30 brought the signing of a four-year production contract with General Dynamics Armament and ...

"During gimballing, the hydraulic system associated with the core stage's power unit for engine 2, also known as engine E2056, exceeded the pre-set test limits that had been established," NASA said.

The Army's requirements for Hydra-70 rockets can vary annually. "We bought 399,904 items in FY '10, which is $278 million (the fiscal 2010 procurement)," Brad Schroer, the Hydra-70 production lead ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee is questioning the Army's cancellation of its Hydra-70 rocket system program, saying in a new report on the fiscal 2003 defense authorization bill that the ...

The Hydra rockets were supplied with the laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) kits, however this variant so far has only been seen in use with ground launch platforms. The ...

The APKWS II, designated as AGR-20 by the U.S. DoD, consists of a Hydra 70 mm unguided rocket with the addition of a laser guidance section between the 10-pound high-explosive warhead at the front ...

These inexpensive air defense weapons were responsible for roughly 40% of drone kills during the high-tempo operation against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

Here, soldiers stand with an MLRS M270 A2 mobile rocket system during a NATO exercise on Nov. 20, 2024, near Heinu, ... For example, the Army’s Hydra rocket costs roughly $45,000 per system.

Armament: 30mm M230 chaingun, 12.7mm GAU-19 gatling guns, 7.62mm miniguns, M261 rocket pods, Hellfire missiles, TOW anti-tank missiles, Stinger missiles 1. AH-64 Apache ...

BAE Systems has unveiled a new APK (Advanced Precision Kit) for the 70 mm Hydra rockets as a part of the APKWS II (Advanced Kill Precision Weapon System II) at the Sea Air Space 2025 conference in ...