June 4, 2025 Air Force Demonstrates Low-Cost Maritime Defense Capability with QUICKSINK In a demonstration of enhanced maritime lethality, the Air Force tested a new, more versatile variant of the QUICKSINK maritime weapon, increasing aircraft lethality by expanding its targeting reach. QUICKSINK is a low-cost method for neutralizing surface vessels using a modified, air-delivered
Aug. 8, 2024 U.S. Air Force demonstrates low-cost capability to defeat surface vessels from the air EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) - The Air Force proved a low-cost, air-delivered method for defeating surface vessels through a QUICKSINK demonstration in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This capability is an answer to an urgent need to quickly neutralize
March 2, 2023 AFRL to highlight lab’s focus on warfighters at AFA Warfare Symposium The Air Force Research Laboratory will highlight several technologies and programs that support warfighter challenges during the Air & Space Force Association's Warfare Symposium March 6-8, 2023, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado.
April 28, 2022 AFRL technology makes new weapon for sinking ships a reality The Air Force Research Laboratory and Eglin’s Integrated Test Team demonstrated a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats April 28, 2022, that successfully destroyed a full-scale stationary surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico.