August 25, 2017: In mid-2017 the U.S. Marine Corps ordered some of its F-18C to be modified to fire the APKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System) laser guided missiles. The marines are already ...

April 21, 2016: Although the APKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System) 70mm laser guided rocket was certified for use on fixed wing American warplanes like the A-10, AV-8, and F-16 in 2013 it ...

The State Department has approved a possible $2 billion deal to sell up to 20,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS II) laser guidance kits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arab ...

The FMS includes 10,000 APKWS-II air-to-air guidance sections and up to 10,000 APKWS-II air-to-ground guidance sections.

The United States has greenlit a major arms transaction with Saudi Arabia, encompassing the sale of twenty thousand precision ...

A U.S. F-15E during a trial mission to test APKWS II laser-guided rockets. Credit: Staff Sgt. Thomas Barley/U.S. Air Force ...

Feb. 7 (UPI) --BAE Systems was awarded a $225 million contract for an advanced precision kill weapon system for the U.S. Defense Department and foreign customers. The contract is for 9,999 additional ...

A Saudi AH-6SA helicopter fitted with 70 mm rocket pods of the type that will soon carry the APKWS II laser-guided rocket systems. (Janes/Gareth Jennings) The United States has approved the sale to ...

The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems a USD10.9 million contract to upgrade the guidance section of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon ...

The United States has approved a $1.96 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia that includes 20,000 APKWS II laser-guided ...

A Raytheon-led team completed a series of tests for its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) design, the company said Dec. 8, showing that an off-the-shelf fuse could fire an ...