Launched Effects (ex-Air Launched Effects (ALE) and Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM)

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GA-ASI Demonstrates Release of A2LE from MQ-20 Avenger UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully demonstrated an inflight release of its Advanced Air-Launched Effects (A2LE) platform, releasing an A2LE from the internal weapons bay of a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
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From EDGE'21 promo. launch container for unidentified ALE stuff (that has own flying squirrel from hell logo). GE-ER was flying also with pylon taken by two ALE containers. My guess was Andurill stuff for later ones but I'm not sure.
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Couldn't decide if I should start a new thread, so I'll drop it here:

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AH-1Z Attack Helicopter's New Long Range Missile Seen For The First Time

The Marines are working to dramatically extend the kinetic reach of their AH-1Zs to help ensure their relevance in future high-end fights.
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USMC fires secretive long-range missile from AH-1Z

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has conducted a successful test launch of a new long-range missile from a Bell AH-1Z attack helicopter.
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(TWZ has a better version of the picture, Flight has the range figure)

Probably the Precision Attack Strike Missile (PASM), formerly the Long Range Attack Missile (LRAM), with a range of 130NM according to Flight, though they're still calling it LRAM.

I think TWZ's correct that the picture has been edited around the nose of the missile, part of the orange section appears to be an inserted block of colour with straight edges that seem to match the orientation of the photo, not the missile.
 
A previously unknown drone or missile fired from a Bradley during the Project Convergence-Capstone 5 event in March 2025.

As TWZ reports, there does not seem to be any info available on what this system is. My hunch, based on very little evidence, is that it might be a development of the Anduril Altius one-way attack drone family specifically adjusted to fit a TOW launcher. The number fits in between the small 600 and the larger 700. Those models have long tail booms and folding v fins that might not fit the TOW form factor, leading to the adoption of a short body with grid fins. The other Altius models also have propeller propulsion, where this seems likely to be a rocket booster, possibly with a turbine of some sort for cruise.



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Mysterious Weapon Fired From Bradley Fighting Vehicle During Exercise

An M2 Bradley recently fired a new weapon from its TOW anti-tank missile launcher during a major U.S. Army test exercise.
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Or development of GBU-69 Small Glide Weapon? Obviously powered with different pop out wings to enable easier containerisation? Lofted on a high trajectory before engine burn out followed by glide? Put a smaller warhead on it to make space for propulsion?
 
timmymagic said:
Or development of GBU-69 Small Glide Weapon? Obviously powered with different pop out wings to enable easier containerisation? Lofted on a high trajectory before engine burn out followed by glide? Put a smaller warhead on it to make space for propulsion?
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The grid fins on GBU-69 are different (they fold the other way, I think) and there are lots of detail differences, like that weird flat section on top of the 670. It could be, but I suspect not.
 
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A previously unknown drone or missile fired from a Bradley during the Project Convergence-Capstone 5 event in March 2025.

As TWZ reports, there does not seem to be any info available on what this system is. My hunch, based on very little evidence, is that it might be a development of the Anduril Altius one-way attack drone family specifically adjusted to fit a TOW launcher. The number fits in between the small 600 and the larger 700. Those models have long tail booms and folding v fins that might not fit the TOW form factor, leading to the adoption of a short body with grid fins. The other Altius models also have propeller propulsion, where this seems likely to be a rocket booster, possibly with a turbine of some sort for cruise.



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Mysterious Weapon Fired From Bradley Fighting Vehicle During Exercise

An M2 Bradley recently fired a new weapon from its TOW anti-tank missile launcher during a major U.S. Army test exercise.
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This reminded me of the Russian Soloist FPV missile hybrid. I guess you could call the Soloist a Non Line of Sight attack munition.

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The New russian Soloist Mini-Missile, Controlled Like an FPV Drone – How It Works | Defense Express

The russian Soloist missile, described as a nominally high-precision weapon, may enter mass production as early as this summer
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