The Hydra 70 rocket is an American made 2.75-inch (70 mm) diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped with a variety of warheads, and in more recent versions, guidance systems for point attacks.

Hydra-70 provides the Army with affordable firepower matched to the mission for effective engagements and area suppression of a long list of lower-value targets on the battlefield.

Hydra-70 provides the Army with affordable firepower matched to the mission for effective engagements and area suppression of a long list of lower-value targets on the battlefield. General Dynamics has produced more than five million Hydra-70 rockets since 1996 in support of the Army’s Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office.

Sep 18, 2020 · The Hydra-70 rocket system is a family of 2.75in unguided air-to-surface rockets derived from the Mk 4/Mk 40 folding-fin aerial rocket (FFAR) developed in the 1940s. It is the most commonly used helicopter-launched weapon system in the world.

The Hydra 70 rocket system is used by US Army Special Operations Forces, the US Marine Corps, the US Navy, and the US Air Force. The Hydra-70 rocket is fired from all armed Army Helicopters...

Oct 22, 1998 · Hydra 70 is the name associated with the new family of 2.75 inch (70mm) rockets. Basically, Hydra 70 refers to the MK66 rocket motor with any warhead / fuze combination. The MK66 rocket motor was designed to provide a common 2.75 inch rocket for helicopters and high-performance aircraft.

Feb 18, 2025 · Northrop Grumman has received a contract to produce illuminating flares for the US Army’s Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions’ (TAGM) unguided Hydra-70 Rocket programme. The five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract was awarded by General Dynamics – Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS).

Objective: make a good rocket motor even better. Requirements. 300 lbf aerodynamic drag force and while crushing undetectably under the fuze-target impact. Technologies exist that can meet the requirements of both guided and unguided rocket motors. Questions.

The Hydra 70 rocket is a weapon derived from the 70 mm (2.8 in) Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket developed by the United States Navy for use as a free-flight aerial rocket in the late 1940s.

Hydra 70 provides the Army with flexible and economical lethality that is tailorable to the mission for point engagements and suppression of light armored and unarmored High Value Targets at range. General Dynamics has produced more than eight million Hydra 70 rockets since 1996, in support of the Army’s