Senate Eyes ‘FrankenSAM’ Missile System For U.S.

The U.S. HAWK surface-to-air missile system has been sent to Ukraine.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Lawmakers want the U.S. Air Force to explore adapting the quickly developed, open source-based surface-to-air missile system it sent to Ukraine for its own air base defense. The language, in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill, includes the most...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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