Recent photos (May 22, 2025) show a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle test-flying with up to 42 AGR-20 APKWS II 70mm guided ...

At least two Strike Eagles have been employed in the tests, equipped with four or six LAU-131 pods which would allow to carry ...

and design and test an ejectable pod for air drop,” the budget proposal read. Rocket-powered cargo delivery isn’t a new concept, and the Air Force confirmed that it was flirting with the idea in 2018.

modified for Air Force purposes. It would be capable of carrying 100 tons and feature an ejectable cargo pod. Rather than land the entire rocket in contested territory—with the cargo sitting 100 ...

Everhart wanted his pod system to cost less than equivalent sorties by C-5 cargo planes—a couple million bucks per supply run. Likewise, the Air Force wants Rocket Cargo to deliver supplies ...

The U.S. Air Force confirmed that F-16 fightes used Advanced ... as they can be carried in a 7-shot rocket pod on a single ...

"One way to think about it is that the pod or the weapon ... The Valkyrie's unique rocket-assisted takeoff system also gives it what Kratos and the Air Force call "runway independence." ...

The contracts fall under a program headed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, simply called “Rocket Cargo.” And it’s one of the Air Force Department’s four “Vanguard Programs,” which ...

Fearing it would run out of fuel and crash in a densely populated area of the city, the Navy called on the Air Force for help ... Mouse 2.75-inch rockets per pod. The aircraft caught up with ...

The U.S. Air Force will test a “rocket factory in a box” made by a New Mexico startup in hopes of being able to 3D-print missile energetics. The technology could allow the military to get ...

OGDEN — Hill Air Force Base has announced it is blowing up old rocket motors in Utah's remote west desert, as part of an ongoing project that has been disposing of munitions for 30 years.