The U.S. government has determined that North Korea tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile twice in recent weeks, with these initial launches designed to evaluate the system before an upcoming full-range test.

Russia has not been able to establish air superiority in Ukraine despite a greater number of aircraft and a broad array of air-defense systems, and a senior U.S. Air Force leader said this struggle shows Russian forces are not operating in accordance with their own doctrine.

Russian surface-to-air missile systems now have almost all of Ukraine’s airspace covered, though Russia still has not established full air superiority over the country, a senior U.S. defense official said March 8.

A solicitation for a $334 million hypersonic demonstrator missile is now in industry hands, with responses due to the Air Force Research Laboratory in May and contract award in December.

The U.S. Air Force wants to make it easier to export some of its highest-end air-to-air weapons to ensure close partner nations can have the most advanced missiles so that their F-35s, for example, can be effective.

Airbus Ventures, L3Harris Technologies and Heico have joined a group of venture capitalists to invest $60 million in CesiumAstro, a four-year-old active-phased-array startup, the companies announced March 2.

Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces to be on a special alert, the Pentagon announced it has postponed a test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from this coming weekend to try to lower tensions.

Germany’s Diehl Defense has confirmed its intention to join Australia’s Sovereign Missile Alliance to help local industries develop and build guided-missile systems for the Australian Defense Force under the Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise.