On July 6 at the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River in Maryland, US Marines carried out the first successful test of the F-35B's GAU-22 gun pod. Five days later, the gun pod fired its first 80 ...
Last year, Leonardo struck a deal to mount Nexter's 20mm 20M621 gun pod on the jet, offering greater range and precision than the 12.7mm gun produced by Belgium's FN Herstal, which was previously ...