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Following the first sighting of the new capability in December 2025, a Ukrainian F-16 was captured using APKWS II laser-guided rockets to engage a drone. A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 was captured for ...

BAE Systems (LON: BA) recently delivered its 100,000th APKWS® laser-guidance kit, marking a major production milestone as it ...

Ukraine’s war with Russia has become a contest of volume and precision, with cheap drones and missiles testing the limits of traditional air defenses. Into that pressure cooker, Kyiv is fielding laser ...

The Pentagon is arming its fleet of F-16 fighter jets and UH-60 SeaHawks with a new air-to-air missile variant engineered with a “proximity” fuse designed to counter drone swarms by dispersing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Marine Corps legacy F/A-18C/D Hornets are in line to add air-to-air optimized versions of the 70mm Advanced Precision Kill ...

Derivatives of the AGR-20F FALCO air-to-air missile are being rapidly prototyped to fulfill the urgent low-cost engagement ...

Ukrainian Air Force video suggests an F-16 used APKWS II rockets via Sniper pod to down a Shahed during Russia’s Feb 16–17 attack.

The US Navy awarded BAE Systems a USD1.7 billion contract for the production of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guidance kits, the company announced on 10 December. The contract ...

The fighter, built for war with Russia, is set to be one of the three main pillars of Ukraine's future air force.