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Simple Guide To Performing Load Testing Using SoapUI

Load performance testing is a critical aspect of software testing that evaluates an application's behavior under different loads. With load performance testing, you can determine how an application performs under real-world conditions and identify performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and other performance-related problems.

In this blog post, we'll explore how to do load performance testing using SoapUI, an open-source tool that is primarily used for testing web services.

Read More: Top 6 Types of Performance Testing

What is SoapUI?

SoapUI is an open-source tool that provides a user-friendly interface for creating, managing, and executing test cases. It supports various testing types, including functional testing, load testing, security testing, and more. With SoapUI, you can create and execute tests for SOAP and REST APIs, test databases and web applications, and much more. It offers a wide range of features, including test creation and management, assertions, scripting support, test reporting, and more.

Few Steps to Consider While Performing Load Testing with SoapUI

Preparing for Load Performance Testing with SoapUI? Before creating a load test with SoapUI, there are a few steps you need to take to prepare:

Create a Test Plan: Before creating a load test, you should have a test plan that outlines your test objectives, test scenarios, and the test environment.

Identify the Test Scenarios: You should identify the test scenarios that you want to include in your load test. These scenarios should be based on real-world usage patterns and should cover all the critical functionalities of the application.

Configure the Test Environment: You should configure the test environment to simulate real-world conditions. This includes setting up the required hardware and software components, such as servers, databases, network configurations, and more.

Create Test Data: You should create realistic test data that reflects the real-world usage patterns of the application. This will help you to simulate different scenarios and identify performance bottlenecks.

How to create a Load test in SoapUI?

Creating a Load Test Once you have completed the preparation steps, you can create a load test in SoapUI. Here are the steps to follow:

Create a new load test in SoapUI by right-clicking on the test case and selecting "Load Test" from the context menu.

In the "Load Test Configuration" dialog box, enter the basic information for the load test such as the load test name, the number of threads, and the ramp-up period.

In the "Test Suite" section, select the test suite that contains the test cases that you want to include in the load test.

In the "Test Cases" section, select the test cases that you want to include in the load test.

In the "Load Test Assertions" section, add assertions that will be applied to the load test.

In the "Load Test Script" section, specify any scripts that need to be executed during the load test.

Running the Load Test Once you have created the load test, you can run it by selecting the load test and clicking the "Run" button. You can monitor the load test results in the "Load Test Log" window and analyze the results using various built-in reports in SoapUI.

Best Practices to Consider While Performing Load Testing With SoapUI

Best Practices for Load Performance Testing with SoapUI Here are some best practices to follow when doing load performance testing with SoapUI:

Choose the right load testing tool for your needs.

Configure the test environment to simulate real-world conditions.

Use realistic test data.

Scale the load test to simulate higher user loads.

Optimize the load test for better performance.

Conclusion

Load performance testing is an essential aspect of software testing that helps to identify performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and other performance-related problems.

With SoapUI, you can create and execute load tests for your web services and applications, helping you to simulate real-world usage patterns and identify performance issues before they impact your users.

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#mobile application load testing #website load testing services #One second might seem less to you but not when it comes to the performance of your app and website. Even the slightest delay while loading #https://www.crestechsoftware.com/services/non-functional-quality-assurance/load-testing/

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Performance Testing - AppzLogic.com is Helping Enterprises & Startups in India Solve their problems with Performance and Load Testing Services.

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synopsis: businessman!toji visits the strip club for the first time in his life and has quite the experience (short asf, testing this new format hehe)

businessman!toji who decided to say “fuck it” and go to the strip club with his coworkers this weekend instead of going home to his nagging wife and the six month old baby’s loud cries. his colleagues would always invite him, but toji constantly refused, as he was sure it would cause a strain in his marriage. this time, one of his coworkers and close friends, satoru gojo was able to convince him.

businessman!toji who is thoroughly impressed by the club’s interior design. he expected it to be trashy and stinky, but it was quite the opposite. his emerald eyes scan through the place and watch how men leaned back into the comfortable seats as the sexy, barely clothed dancers grinded on them and danced on the poles. “hm, not bad”

businessman!toji who’s friends try to talk him into requesting a private session on their tab. “since it’s your first time, y’know?” he’s hesitant as he glances at his friend’s blue eyes and then back up to the many women performing stunts on poles. his wife wouldn’t like this at all, but she isn’t here is she? “alright, get me a good one though”

businessman!toji who sits calmly in the dimly lit private room with his legs widespread and arms folded, awaiting his service. he slightly taps his feet to the faint music and decides to pour himself a glass of the high quality whiskey. one sip and he could already feel his tense muscles relax, which was perfect since his service had finally arrived.

businessman!toji who stares at you intently as you slowly make your way towards him. your body already had him thinking wild things. “so, first timer, huh?” the sultriest voice he had ever heard asked. he smirked at the young woman before him in her maroon lingerie set, which barely covered her private areas. her pussy lips were practically hanging out, the areoles around her hard nipples peaked through the thin fabric and her plump ass was on full display.

businessman!toji who can’t help but release some grunts here and there while you danced on him to the tune of a sexy, slow jazz song. he could feel your throbbing bud on his hardened bulge and your nipples grazing his torso with each smooth whine. “damn, how many men do you do this for? ya seem like a veteran..”

businessman!toji who’s had enough of your teasing and pulls out a hefty tip from his wallet, slides into the side of your thong and orders you to “take it off”, nodding at your bra. he chuckled when u instantly obliged “ what a money loving, obedient little whore you are.”

businessman!toji who’s aggressively sucking on your buds while his big, manly hands knead your ass cheeks. he enjoys hearing your pathetic whimpers and moans “oh yes daddy!” that one almost made his cock spring out of his slacks.

businessman!toji who has you in a deep arch as he drills into you on the black leather sofa. he holds both your wrists to your lower back with one hand as the other tightly held your head into the couch, muffling your cries and screams. the sounds of skin slapping, leather scraping and the dirty smell of your arousal have him in a daze, one that’s only contributing to his insane stamina.

businessman!toji who releases a thick load into your pussy without giving a fuck about a possible pregnancy “there you go, better fuckin’ take it all bitch”. he lets go of you and sits back, watching your pussy twitch and the liquids ooz out of it. “that’s good..”

businessman!toji who’s putting his clothes back on, not providing you with aftercare at all. this is your job, being nothing but a tool for his pleasure so why should he care? he takes more cash out his wallet and throws it at your sad, fucked out, cum filled body. “thanks, might come back with my friend next time.”

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You know how in ancient times some royals would have arranged marriages from the moment they were born or even just as young children? What if instead of being assigned a spouse, the young prince is assigned a nurse maid for their future heirs? You would both be trained from a young age, the prince in swordfighting, politics, and governing a kingdom; you however would be taught little of this, only in the service of someday nursing and as a last resort defending the future heirs. Much of your education would be in regards to producing the best milk possible for the future rulers of the kingdom and lessening the child rearing load of the future queen.

When you both reach adulthood, the ceremony is performed, the runes traced along your body, and the prince is tasked with putting the first bastards in your belly to symbolize his passage into manhood and your servitude to his bloodline. In those first 9 months, no one, not even the prince himself, is allowed to touch you, the growth of a royal nurse maids first progeny was considered by many a litmus test of how they'll perform their duties, no matter how much you crave to feel your princes touch again. And you pass the test with flying colors, quickly swelling up with twins, if not more. Of course you'll never know for sure, the ceremonial runes etched in your skin ensure that once the your due date hits, the babes in your belly stop growing, waiting to be birthed until the prince himself releases you from your duties, cedes the throne, or in the worst case dies. And with the way he looks at you, you get a sneaking suspicion he plans on keeping you round and waddling until the day he dies, and he plans on living a long long time. Not that you mind, you were raised to do this, proud to have finally begun fulfilling your duties to provide for your prince.

Once permission is granted to touch you again, the prince begins inviting you out on hunting parties with all his friends. The fully grown babes in your belly protest from the movement of your horse, and once the prince notices, he quickens the parties pace to a sprint, smirking as your sensitive body struggles with the unforgiving pace. Later, when the party stops to make camp, he, of course, rewards you by passing you around to all his friends. While his friends fuck you, the prince brags about what a good nurse maid you'll be, how obscenely full he's going to make you, how he plans to have a ridiculous number of heirs. When he brags about how each of your tits is going to be bigger than your head, you can't help but whine and cum around whoever's cock is plowing into you. His friends all laugh and tease you on how eager you are to make your prince's dream come true. And it's true, you would do anything for your prince, and you would do anything to make his vision a reality, and it doesn't even matter that you want the same thing, somehow even more than the prince does. Soon after he begins to take you on these hunting parties, your belly begins to swell again, and your tits follow soon after. Your prince begins to take you almost everywhere, either enjoying your sensitive swollen body himself or allowing whoever's near to satisfy your growing libido. It becomes clear quite quickly that the prince doesn't plan to keep you all to himself.

A few years pass, after near constantly growing another baby or so in your womb, and you've grown so big that bards have begun to sing songs about your gravidity, your heavy tits, your all consuming desire to spread your legs and serve your prince. The prince himself gazes upon you with royal pride in public, and unbridled desire as he suckles like a glutton on your breasts and mercilessly fucks you like he's breeding you for the first time.

There has been talk recently of finding your prince a match, and he begins to feed you fertility supplements, planning on getting you as baby filled and ripe as possible to impress his future spouse. By the time the princess arrives at court to make arrangements, you've had to have several custom chairs made to hold your weight and your teats have become so overfull that at least once a day you need to go down to the stablehands to get milked. You're a little disappointed you don't get as much attention from the prince as you've gotten used to since he's been busy courting his possible future spouse to be. Riding the princess's knights and making them compete for who gets to put some new bastards in your belly only distracts you for so long. Your brain has been so addled by all the pregnancy hormones and fertility supplements raging through your system, especially with the growing triplets of one of those knights, that for a little while you forget your purpose, and in your jealousy, resolve to hate the new princess.

Of course, then the princess asks you to tea. You resolve to be as stiff and unwelcoming as possible, hopeful that maybe she'll just go back to wherever she came from, and you can have your prince all to yourself again. But then, she spreads a cloth napkin in her lap before she nibbles on a dry cookie, then she takes a sip of her plain tea, scrunches up her nose, holds out her teacup, and asks you for milk. For a moment you're confused, but then you see the way she glances down at your chest, a sparkle in her eyes so similar to the way the prince looks at you; and without a moments thought more you lean forward, lifting up your heavy teat out of your shirt, and can't help but whimper a little as you give the sensitive flesh a squeeze. A burst of milk squirts out, already full even after a thorough milking session at the stables earlier that day. The princess smiles as you both watch your milk swirl and mix with her tea, she puts it up to her lips and her head falls back a bit in satisfaction, as if it's the best damn tea she's ever had. She explains to you that she's heard a lot about you from your prince, and she wanted to make sure you lived up to the promise of her future nurse maid before she agreed to wed the prince. She would have only the best supply of milk for her future heirs and nothing less, and so far, you seem to live up to the promise. But, she smirks, that could just be the tea. Perhaps she should taste it from the source she says as she beckons you into her lap. You awkwardly settle into her lap, and she doesn't hesitate to take one of your nipples into her mouth, gaze full of unbridled lust that is so similar and yet so thrillingly different from your beloved prince. At the thought of him, you can't help but begin to grind your hips back and forth, desperate for friction. The princess obliges, and her well manicured fingers press into you, mercilessly pressing down into your most sensitive spots, some of which you didn't even know you had. When she's done, you're a mess. Your tits are only half drained, but as she guides you back to your own chair, you can see her belly slightly bloated from all the milk she drank of you. She folds the napkin, soaked in your fluids from cumming over and over again on her fingers, and tucks it into her dress as she whispers in your ear her plan to give the prince her answer right away.

That night, the prince finds you to reveal the good news of his betrothal to the princess and shows you just how much he appreciates the very important part you played in convincing her to seal the deal. He wears you out so much that night that you sleep through the official announcement the next morning. A week or so later, you're front row at the wedding, crying out of love and pride for your prince, the sentimentality of a wedding, but mostly out of excitement at finally being so close to fulfilling your duties. The wedded prince and princess don't invite you into their marriage bed right away, but once it's confirmed the princess is with child, you're in there almost every night, the prince and princess both insisting that drinking your milk will help the growth of their heir. And grow she does, and soon it's confirmed, she's pregnant with twins, just as you were, and are, with the first of the royal bastards still blessing your womb.

Near the end of her pregnancy, just when her breasts begin to get tight and sore, yours begin to feel tighter and fuller than ever before, as if out of sympathy, making you weep with relief and pain when anyone coaxes even a droplet of milk from them, as if your teats know it's only a matter of days before their destiny is fulfilled. When she goes into labor, you're right there, having been trained to help midwife to be the best nurse maid possible. You help hold her up, her smaller belly resting against yours, siblings separated by thin walls of skin kick in greeting, one set on their way to meet the world to be raised as royals, the rest to remain as bastards in stasis, gaining sibling after sibling in perpetuity, until released into the world on the prince's whim. The thought makes you suddenly desperate for the prince's cock. But there will be plenty of time for that later, once the royal twins are born.

It seems like an eternity before the first baby is born, but once they are it seems like your tits hear the baby's cries before your ears do, from the way they begin to release a torrent of milk in anticipation. The baby is brought to their mother first, then handed to you to begin feeding as the princess begins to labor with her second. You weep in ecstasy as the first royal heir begins to suckle from your breast, knowing that this is what you were made for, what you were raised to do, and when you gratefully look back up at your prince, you know you'll be doing this the rest of your life.

#my ramblings #nbpreg #royal pregnancy #anypreg #hyperpreg #permapreg #lactation kink

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Junkers Ju 88

The Junkers Ju 88 was a two-engined medium bomber plane used by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) throughout the Second World War (1939-45). Ju 88s were involved in the Battle of Britain and London Blitz as bombers, but this versatile aircraft saw action in many other theatres of the war, primarily as a dive bomber and a night fighter.

Design Development

After much debate between the German high command and the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the Luftwaffe bomber command (Kampfwaffe) was obliged to adopt the position that bombers should primarily be used strategically to assist ground troops. This meant that unlike, say, the British Royal Air Force, the Luftwaffe concentrated not on heavy bombers but building squadrons of more versatile medium bombers.

In August 1935, aeronautical companies were invited to provide an answer to the German Air Force's requirement for a two-engined, medium-sized and high-speed bomber (Schnellbomber). Junkers came up with the Junkers 88, with various prototypes given a V designation plus a number 1 to 5. The first prototype, the Ju 88 V1, flew in December 1936 and impressed with its high speed. By March, the Ju 88 V5 was capable of speeds of over 300 mph (500 km/h) and so broke several records.

The decision in 1937 to give the Ju 88 a dive-bombing capability meant that the design process now became fraught with delays and constant revisions. As the historian J. Holland notes, "some 25,000 changes were made to the original design" (216). Most significant of these changes, perhaps, was the strengthening of the wings to take the force which resulted from steep dives, the addition of brakes to arrest the plane at the nadir of the dive, and the lengthening of the fuselage to admit extra crew members. The consequence of all this was that the plane ended up being much heavier and slower than the original plan, a situation that led Field Marshall Erhard Milch (1892-1972), one of the founders of the Luftwaffe, to disparagingly describe the Ju 88 as a "flying barn door" (ibid). The problems of weight and speed were partially alleviated by adding rocket boosters for takeoff when carrying heavier bomb loads. The design changes kept on coming, too, notably an increase in the wingspan. As a result of the complex design, the Ju 88 took more time to build than many other aircraft types.

Introduced into Luftwaffe service in September 1939, just as WWII started, the Ju 88s' challengers as the medium bomber of choice within the Luftwaffe were the antiquated and poorly armed Dornier Do 17, the equally vulnerable but faster Dornier Do 215, and the tried and tested Heinkel He 111, which was overall the best of the three at the beginning of the war. The Junkers Ju 88 was smaller than the other three medium bombers but faster than the He 111 and the Do 17, and yet it was capable of carrying as heavy a bomb load as the He 111. As a consequence, gradually the Ju 88 took over from the He 111 as the bomber of choice but both saw service right through the war. All of these planes had two engines, which fundamentally restricted their bomb loads and range compared to Allied heavy bombers like the B-17 Flying Fortress and Avro Lancaster bomber.

The upside of its checkered design history was that the 1940 version of the Ju 88 was more versatile than originally planned, making it perhaps the most versatile of any aircraft of any air force in WWII. The Ju 88 could perform as a bomber, dive-bomber, and night fighter. Other duties performed by the Ju 88 included long-range reconnaissance (when they were fitted with extra fuel tanks, radar, and cameras), attacking shipping, and minelaying at sea. Finally, one distinct advantage of the Ju 88 was that its frame was built in such a way that it could withstand tremendous punishment from enemy fire. Factories dedicated to Ju 88 production included those at Brünn (now Brno in the Czech Republic) and Graz and Vienna in Austria. Air forces which operated Ju 88s besides the Luftwaffe included the Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, and Romanian.

#History #JunkersJu88 #Aircarft #BattleOfBritain

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Oregon OSHA has fined a Portland environmental services company a total of $118,800 for numerous safety violations that resulted in two workers passing out on the job. The fine against River City Environmental Inc. is one of the largest levied by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division in recent years, division spokesman Aaron Corvin said. The citation lists 10 violations and notes that the problems date to last June, when River City assigned workers to clean filters inside a stormwater sewer at Widmer Brothers Brewing in north Portland. Widmer staff noticed the workers were not taking proper safety precautions and sent them away. They went again in mid-July for the same job, the citation said, and River City again failed to equip and train the workers properly but they were allowed to enter a maintenance hole at the brewery anyway. Their job was to clean, retrofit and remove filters in a tight space used to sift stormwater runoff from a large loading dock, an operation that’s performed yearly, according to the citation. The space was confined and dangerous: The oxygen levels were 12.5% compared with the 20.9% that’s generally in the air. Safety rules allow workers without ventilation or supplied air to enter a space as long as it has a minimum of 19.5% of oxygen. The citation said River City did not ensure that the work was supervised, failed to equip the workers with air testing and monitoring equipment, did not provide ventilation equipment, and did not give them rescue and emergency equipment. It also didn’t inform the workers on the potential hazards of the job or of the potential symptoms and consequences they could face, the citation said, and the company had no procedures to rescue the workers in the event of an emergency. The workers weren’t even trained in basic first aid or CPR, the citation said.

#news #labor news #osha #portland #oregon #portland news #oregon news #osha violations

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Less of an ID here, but what are your thoughts on the AbramsX, both as a platform as whole, and what technologies from it do you think will show up on future upgrades to the Abrams?

Oh boy, the Abrams X tech demo.

AKA: "Oh, so that's what the FCS program was for."

I have a lot of thoughts on the Abrams X, so, if you don't care to read all that, I'll leave a tl;dr at the bottom, in case someone wants to know my opinion without wanting to know why I have that opinion (for some reason.)

The Abrams X incorporates a lot of technology that excites me an awful lot. However, there are three things that stick out the most, so I'm gonna talk about them:

#1. The engine. The Abrams X uses a hybrid diesel engine (designed by Cadillac, if I remember correctly), which is a massive improvement over the current Abrams' gas turbine, which is less fuel efficient than just about every other MBT around. The new engine solves this problem by both switching to a hybrid design, which has greater performance, lesser noise, and lesser fuel consumption.

2. The turret/gun. It's remotely controlled, and miles better than the current m256, being lighter and even further integrated into optics/targeting. While I expect the real next-gen tanks to be equipping larger bore guns (in response to Russia and China looking to up-gun their next-gen MBTs), this Cannon is a fantastic intermediate step, and a great test bed/proof of concept for a remote-operated, auto-loading turret. This also drops the required crew down to 3, which may not seem like a big deal, but actually represents some pretty big stuff.

3. The integration. Ah, the "system of systems", come at last. Full integration to a combat network of drones, CAS fighters, other tanks, and in the future, perhaps fully autonomous ground vehicles. This is the thing that excites me most, as it means a truly massive level of integration and cooperation between every element of a combined arms forces, allowing every part to operate at a greater capacity. I've actually spoken with M1 tankers, and they seem most excited about the new Airplane-style helmets, and the level of coordination and targeting and spotting ability supplied by integrated drones.

However, it's not all sunshine and roses. With any massive leap forward in technology, this introduces a thousand thousand new potential points of failure into the system of every Abrams tank, which can cost lives when it counts. In addition, concerns have been expressed over the lowered crew count, saying that three people is not a reasonable number to expect to service and maintain a tank of the Abrams size out in the field, even with the supposed lower maintenance requirements of the Abrams X. Additionally, the smaller crew size and heavier focus on technology could indicate a shift in American tank ideology, towards the tanks being put out by other geopolitical powers, like China, Russia, and others.

So, to summarize, (here's that TL;DR I was talking about.) I think the Abrams is an incredibly promising test bed that is the culmination of the 1999-2009 Future Combat Systems program, and am excited to see how the technology will develop into the next generation of MBTs. However, I am cautious, as I can see several possible downsides to a lower crew size and a heavier reliance on tech.

#tanks #us tanks #Abrams tank #Abrams X

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F-35 To Get Meteor, SPEAR 3 Missiles “By End Of Decade”

The new weapons will provide an especially lethal combination with the F-35’s stealth and forthcoming upgraded sensors.

Thomas NewdickPUBLISHED Jan 22, 2024 12:57 PM EST

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The U.K. Ministry of Defense has confirmed that its F-35B stealth fighters will be armed with Meteor air-to-air missiles and SPEAR 3 precision-guided standoff munitions by the “end of the decade.” The new weapons promise to bring a major leap in capability for the F-35B, especially when combined with the enhancements that the Block 4 upgrade will provide, especially for the aircraft’s radar, which will make the Meteor even more formidable.

In response to a written question in the U.K. parliament, James Cartlidge, a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defense, confirmed the timeline to integrate the two weapons.

An F-35B, presented together with ASRAAM, SPEAR 3, and Meteor missiles, with a concept model for the next-generation Tempest stealth fighter seen on the far left. Crown Copyright

“The U.K. Lightning Force currently operates the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), and the Paveway IV precision-guided bomb. By the end of the decade, both Meteor and SPEAR 3 will also be integrated to U.K. F-35s.”

Previously, the government had said that the U.K. F-35B would be armed with Meteor by the “middle of this decade,” while a date of 2027 at the earliest had also been given in a government report dated February 2022. The latest statement doesn’t necessarily contradict that since it also includes the integration of SPEAR 3, which may take longer.

An F-35 carrying a pair of AIM-120 AMRAAMs in one of its two weapons bays. Crown Copyright

The introduction of the two new missiles on the F-35 has been in the works for some time now.

In 2019, Lockheed Martin received initial funding to start integration, although preliminary work was already underway by that point.

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In 2021, European missile house MBDA and BAE Systems announced they had secured additional funding from the British and Italian governments to complete the integration. The funding was thought to be worth around $400 million and covered both the short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B (as operated by the United Kingdom and Italy) and the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A (acquired by Italy, and many others, but not the United Kingdom).

Meteor, which is already in service on British Eurofighter Typhoons, and which completed operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) on Italian Eurofighters late last year, is a weapon that The War Zone has discussed in depth in the past.

A U.K. Royal Air Force Typhoon takes off, loaded with Meteor missiles below the fuselage. Crown Copyright

The beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, or BVRAAM, is often named as the most capable weapon in its class. While that’s debatable, there’s no doubt that Meteor offers powerful capabilities, some of which are unique.

From the outset, Meteor was intended to better the range and overall kinematic performance of the AMRAAM. This is achieved primarily through its novel propulsion system, with a solid-fuel, variable-flow, ducted rocket (or ramjet). This means the missile can throttle its engine during different phases of flight, ensuring that it still has plenty of energy during its terminal attack — when traditional air-to-air missile motors are normally losing energy.

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In this way, the missile’s ‘no-escape zone’ is dramatically increased, reducing the chance of the target being able to defeat the Meteor through high-energy maneuvering at the endgame of the engagement. This endgame could be played out at up to 130 miles away from its launching platform — range claims for Meteor differ widely and the actual figure is a closely guarded secret. An air-to-air missile's range is also highly dependent on a wide number of factors, including track of the target and the height and speed of the launch platform.

The ‘smart’ powerplant in the Meteor is combined with a two-way datalink, which supplements the missile’s active X-band radar seeker, providing the Meteor with inflight updates as it flies out to the target. However, the advantage of being able to throttle the motor means that the autopilot can provide the most efficient flight profile to the target for very long-range shots.

The then U.K. Secretary of State for Defense, Gavin Williamson (center), is shown a Meteor missile by MBDA staff at their factory. Crown Copyright

At the same time, the datalink can feed the missile with mid-course guidance updates from ‘third party’ sources, as well as the aircraft that launched it. These might include other fighters, airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, or even sensors on land and at sea.

With its unrivaled suite of sensors, the F-35 is equipped as good, if not better, than perhaps any other fighter to provide targeting data to the Meteor, but the ability for the missile to receive mid-course updates from other sources means the launch aircraft might not even need to use its radar at all to engage the target. For a stealth aircraft like the F-35, this is especially important, allowing for an entirely passive engagement that maximizes the aircraft's stealth attributes.

An artist’s impression of an F-35 armed with SPEAR 3 and Meteor. MBDA

Furthermore, the two-way nature of the datalink means that the pilot that launched the Meteor will receive information on the missile’s fuel, energy, and tracking state, helping them decide on whether to fire another, disengage or even assign another target altogether.

While the AIM-120D AMRAAM that can arm the F-35 also offers a two-way datalink with third-party targeting capabilities, and many other advantages over older ‘Slammers,’ including significantly extended range, but it doesn’t have a ramjet motor and all the benefits that brings.

An AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM sits at Raytheon’s Tucson, Arizona plant. Raytheon

Clearly, Meteor can offer a fourth-generation fighter like the Typhoon a significant edge in air combat, but this will be magnified when it starts to be carried by a stealth fighter.

Essentially, the F-35’s combination of low radar cross-section, powerful integrated sensors, and advanced information systems will ensure that it can ‘see and not be seen,’ while Meteor will allow it to engage aerial targets at long range, taking out hostile aircraft long before they even know an enemy fighter is present. This will be of particular relevance in the kinds of highly contested airspace that will be expected in a potential future conflict with China, for example. That extra range is also important as advanced infrared search and track systems improve and proliferate.

At the same time, the future Block 4 version of the F-35 will be even better able to maximize the capabilities inherent in Meteor. Block 4 is a massive upgrade initiative and something that we have examined in the past. We know it will include a new multifunction active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar designated as AN/APG-85 as well as advanced electronic warfare capabilities. As for the radar, this is expected to be a Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based system, that should significantly boost radar range and resolution. Combined with Meteor, this will make the F-35 even more lethal, especially in long-range engagements of the type in which the missile excels.

An infographic showing future U.K. F-35 weapons, (1) ASRAAM, currently carried; (2) Meteor; (3) SPEAR 3. MBDA

It's worth noting that Meteor will be carried internally by the F-35, ensuring that it preserves its stealth characteristics. The downside is that the aircraft will only carry four Meteors internally in an air-to-air role, reduced to two when carrying offensive ordnance internally (e.g., two Meteors and eight SPEARs).

The F-35’s ability to carry only four internal AMRAAMs, at least in its current form, is something that is now being addressed under the U.S. Sidekick program, separate from Block 4, and which will allow the F-35A and F-35C to add another two of these missiles in its weapons bays. After all, whatever the capabilities of the air-to-air missile, pilots are likely going to want more of those weapons. It isn't clear if Sidekick will be able to accommodate Meteor, but it doesn't look like it will be available for the F-35B's smaller bays, regardless. External carriage could be a good option for some missions though, especially ones where the long reach of Meteor will provide enough capability to counter known threats without the need for maximum stealth.

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While Meteor should help the F-35 achieve dominance in the air-to-air arena, the SPEAR 3 will bring significant advantages in air-to-ground/surface missions.

The United Kingdom already invested almost $700 million in SPEAR 3, with a contract announced in 2021, to arm its F-35Bs. The country has very high hopes for the weapon, with the Royal Air Force stating that it will “become the Lightning’s primary air-to-ground weapon … over the next decade.”

An artist’s impression showing SPEAR 3 deployed by a Typhoon and an F-35. MBDA

The SPEAR 3 (Selective Precision Effects At Range Capability 3) is a further development of the short-range Brimstone missile, with a turbojet engine and pop-out wings to ensure a range of more than 87 miles and a high subsonic speed.

SPEAR 3 is another weapon that we’ve examined in depth in the past. Suffice it to say, it’s intended to engage static and moving targets on land and at sea in all weather, day and night. This ability is conferred by its tri-mode seeker which offers radar, infrared, and laser homing. After reaching the target area under GPS and inertial navigation, SPEAR 3 can autonomously identify and prosecute targets, or target coordinates can be sent to the missile via datalink, exploiting the launch platform’s sensors or those of third parties. Once again, the advantages conferred by the F-35’s combination of sensors and stealth will provide a powerful adjunct to SPEAR 3.

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Alternatively, SPEAR 3 can strike its target via laser guidance, which can be provided by an aircraft overhead the target area or by a suitably equipped team of soldiers on the ground nearby can designate it with a laser.

In many ways, SPEAR 3 has similarities with the U.S. GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, better known as StormBreaker, although the British weapon offers almost double the range and will reach its targets faster than the unpowered StormBreaker glide bomb.

An illustration of in-development and future weapons concepts from MBDA, including SPEAR-EW, SPEAR 3, and Meteor. MBDA

As well as its basic form, as a ‘mini cruise missile’ with an explosive payload, SPEAR 3 is also being developed with an electronic warfare payload with jammer and decoy functions. SPEAR-EW will be expected to work alongside the baseline weapon to help smash through enemy air defenses as well as to protect launching aircraft, and even other missiles, during especially hazardous missions like this.

The War Zone previously outlined one scenario in which the SPEAR-EW could be used:

“By pairing SPEAR 3s with SPEAR-EWs in a fully networked fashion, the mini-cruise missiles can work as a swarm to shatter critical parts of the enemy’s air defense network. For instance, SPEAR-EW could spoof or jam an enemy threat emitter while SPEAR 3s search for and destroy not just the emitter, but all the components of the SAM site arranged nearby.”

SPEAR-EW. MBDA

“SPEAR-EW could also provide electronic warfare screening on the fly for SPEAR 3s that are trying to make their way to a set of targets between the launch aircraft and the surface threat or threats. By detecting a pop-up threat on its own or via datalink from the launch aircraft, SPEAR-EW could act in real-time to suppress the threat so that the rest of the horde of missiles can make it to their target areas safely.”

Thanks to their turbojet engines, SPEAR 3 and SPEAR-EW can also throttle back and loiter over an area for extended periods. In this way, they could be launched preemptively into an area where mobile air defense systems might be expected, engaging them once they start producing their telltale radio-frequency emissions.

An artist’s impression showing an F-35 launching a quartet of SPEAR 3s. MBDA

As mentioned previously, the F-35B will be able to carry up to eight SPEARs, using a quadruple launcher in each of its two weapons bays, together with a pair of Meteors.

Harnessing the capabilities offered by Meteor and SPEAR 3 will require the F-35’s Block 4 upgrade, which the United Kingdom plans to retrofit across its entire Lightning fleet, as well as incorporate in examples of the aircraft acquired in the future.

Some of the unclassified upgrades within Block 4. The exact configuration has not been publicly disclosed. U.S. Department of Defense

While new weapons like these, and others, plus the new radar, are a fundamental part of Block 4, the upgrade will bring a lot more on top of these.

Not all Block 4 upgrades have been revealed in the public domain, but the enhancements will also address the Distributed Aperture System (DAS) and Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS).

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It’s also worth recalling that Block 4 relies upon a new suite of hardware and software, known as Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3), which modernizes the F-35’s core processor, memory unit, panoramic cockpit display system, and related avionics. TR-3 is being described as the F-35’s new ‘computer backbone,’ since it promises to provide 25 times more computing power than the existing TR-2 computing system, although its development path has not been entirely straightforward.

The War Zone has previously looked at delays with TR-3 and how that has left new F-35s being parked and not delivered after they are constructed, waiting for these features to be added.

For the United Kingdom in particular, there remain questions, too, about the number of F-35Bs it will buy.

A U.K. Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning aircraft prepares to land onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Crown Copyright Crown Copyright

As of May 1, this year, the United Kingdom had received 31 F-35Bs, one of which was lost in a takeoff mishap in the Mediterranean Sea in 2021 and which will be replaced in a future order. These 31 jets are part of an initial order for 48 aircraft, known as Tranche 1. The last of these are due to be handed over by the end of 2025.

The U.K. Ministry of Defense had long harbored an aspiration to field a fleet of 138 F-35Bs, although consistent budgetary concerns have led to an apparent rethink.

F-35B pilots fist bump on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Crown Copyright

To date, the U.K. Ministry of Defense has confirmed plans to place a Tranche 2 order for 27 F-35Bs, which will provide a total fleet size of 74 aircraft. As a recent Defense Committee report prepared for the House of Commons Committee states: “There remains ambiguity about plans for the F-35 fleet in terms of its eventual size, operational deployment, and attribution; and there are ongoing concerns about program costs and force growth rate.”

Whatever the number of U.K. F-35s eventually fielded, the introduction of Block 4, including the Meteor and SPEAR 3 weapons, will provide a whole new level of capabilities.

The U.K. Ministry of Defense has said that it remains open to the possibility of purchasing further F-35s beyond the 74 now specified, although a decision is not likely until around the middle of this decade.

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If you liked [inside no 9 episode] watch [film] : a guide. Part 2

If you liked ‘Wuthering Heist’, consider:

- Mon Oncle (1958). Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs.

- A Night in the Show (1915). A man tries to find a seat for a show, while another man harasses both patrons and performers.

- Carry on Spying (1964). The dastardly organisation STENCH (Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) is in possession of the secret Formula X, and its clear that the British secret service must do something.

- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). Henry Holland is a fussy supervisor who oversees gold bullion deliveries to the bank in which he works. Secretly, he is plotting to steal a load of bullion and retire early, but he cannot figure out a way to smuggle it out of the country.

If you liked ‘Last Night of the Proms’, consider:

- Eat the Rich (1987). Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.

- The Last Supper (1995). A group of students meet every Sunday and invite a guest to discuss various topics. When one of them ends up killing a guest because of his views, they decide to rid society of such people.

- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1987). A gang leader's wife starts an affair with a bookseller who regularly visits her husband's restaurant. However, things complicate when she, her lover, a thief and a cook come together.

- In The Loop (2009). During an interview, British Cabinet Minister Simon Foster delivers an off-the-cuff remark Profane political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker tries to cover up Foster's faux pas, but the ill-conceived comment is picked up by a warmongering American official.

If you liked ‘The Riddle of the Sphinx’ consider:

- Pygmalion (1938). When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet.

- The Game (1997). Nicholas Van Orton is a successful banker who keeps mostly to himself. When his estranged brother Conrad returns on his birthday with an odd gift - participation in a personalized, real-life game - Nicholas reluctantly accepts.

If you liked ‘Séance time’, consider:

- Ghostwatch (1992). The BBC gives over a whole evening to an 'investigation into the supernatural'

- Talk to Me (2023). When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill and high-stakes party game - until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

- Hereditary (2018). When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited.

- Ghost Stories (2017). Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases.

- Borley Rectory (2017). In 1937, leading paranormal investigator Harry Price is given an opportunity to investigate the most haunted house in England, the infamous Borley Rectory, where he hopes to discover the truth behind the hauntings that have plagued the property.

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apptechbuilders · 11 months

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