Weapon tag archive

Airborne Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 9 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Airborne, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

9 weapon systems

EA-37B Compass Call, Airborne electromagnetic attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsEA-37B Compass CallAirborne electromagnetic attack aircraftSide: United StatesBuilt: BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies / United States / United KingdomThe EA-37B Compass Call is the U.S. Air Force's Gulfstream G550-based airborne electromagnetic attack aircraft, built by BAE Systems and L3Harris to disrupt communications, radar, navigation, and other tactical networks. The program was approved in 2018 to replace the EC-130H, first delivered in 2023, redesignated EA-37B in October 2023, and put into training sorties in 2025.

BMD-1, Airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMD-1Airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: UkraineRussiaBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant / Soviet UnionThe BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle built for paratroop units, combining a very light amphibious tracked chassis with the BMP-1-style 73 mm 2A28 Grom gun and anti-tank missile armament. Its low weight and hydropneumatic suspension made it air-droppable, but the same design priorities left limited armor protection. In the Russia-Ukraine War archive, it is documented through Ukrainian Air Assault Forces service around Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in 2014.

BMD-4/BMD-4M, Airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMD-4/BMD-4MAirborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicleSide: RussiaBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant / KBP Instrument Design Bureau / Kurganmashzavod / RussiaThe BMD-4/BMD-4M is a Russian airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle built for VDV units, combining a light, parachutable tracked chassis with the Bakhcha-U turret's 100 mm gun-launcher, 30 mm autocannon, and coaxial machine gun. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as a Russian airborne assault vehicle, with open-source loss documentation and later production batches showing how Russia has continued fielding and modifying the type for a drone- and artillery-heavy battlefield.

BMD-2, Airborne infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Armored VehiclesBMD-2Airborne infantry fighting vehicleSide: RussiaUkraineBuilt: Volgograd Tractor Plant / Soviet UnionThe BMD-2 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle built for paratrooper units, combining a very light amphibious tracked chassis with a 30 mm 2A42 cannon and anti-tank missile launcher. Its air-droppable design gives Russian VDV formations mobile fire support, but the same weight limits leave the vehicle lightly protected against modern anti-armor weapons and artillery fragments documented in Ukraine.

BM/KG300G electronic countermeasures system, Airborne ECM pod, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareBM/KG300G electronic countermeasures systemAirborne ECM podSide: UnknownBuilt: China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation (CEIEC) / ChinaThe BM/KG300G is a Chinese airborne self-protection jamming pod family designed by Southwestern Institute of Electrical and Electronics (SIWEE) at Chengdu. Public reporting places the original KG300G in PLA service in 2007 and shows a compact rotary-wing variant mounted on FH-95 underwing pylons in 2024.

Elta ELL-8222 ECM pod, Electronic countermeasures pod, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareElta ELL-8222 ECM podElectronic countermeasures podSide: UnknownBuilt: ELTA Systems Ltd. / IsraelThe Elta ELL-8222 ECM pod is an Israeli self-protection electronic countermeasures pod from ELTA Systems. ELTA materials place it in the ELL-8212/ELL-8222/ELL-8222WB family, and open-source reporting links the pod to F-15 Baz air-campaign loadouts.

Advanced Self Protection Jammer, Electronic warfare jammer, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareAdvanced Self Protection JammerElectronic warfare jammerSide: UnknownBuilt: Defence Research and Development Organisation / IndiaThe Advanced Self Protection Jammer is a DRDO-developed airborne electronic warfare jammer fitted to HAL Tejas, where it provides the aircraft's self-protection capability against radar and anti-aircraft threats.

AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band, Next-generation jamming pod system, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareAN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-BandNext-generation jamming pod systemSide: UnknownBuilt: Raytheon / United StatesThe AN/ALQ-249(V)1 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band is a Raytheon-built airborne electronic attack pod system for the EA-18G Growler, using two-pod ship sets and active electronically scanned arrays to target electronic warfare threats in the mid-band frequency range.

ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System, Tactical jamming pod system, Electronic Warfare

Electronic WarfareALQ-99 Tactical Jamming SystemTactical jamming pod systemSide: UnknownBuilt: Northrop Grumman / United StatesThe ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System is a U.S. external-carriage airborne electronic attack pod family used to jam radar and communications targets for suppression of enemy air defenses. NAVAIR says it entered service in 1971, served on the EA-6B Prowler before transitioning to the EA-18G Growler in 2010, and remains in use until Next Generation Jammer pods fully replace it.