The proposed sale of 280 Raytheon AIM-120C-7/C-8 missiles comes after the Biden administration pledged to end U.S. support for offensive military operations by Saudi Arabia against Yemen. 

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will soon begin the testing phase of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program to track ballistic and hypersonic missile attacks on the homeland. 

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s top funding priority, missile defense for Guam, is likely to slip beyond the required original targeted fielded date of 2026, with the command waiting for the Pentagon’s 2023 budget to outline the way forward.

The Pentagon’s need for test and evaluation of new weapons systems will soon overtake the department’s capacity, at a time when senior defense officials say fast acquisition of new technologies is critical.

Opposing hypersonic glide missiles developed by North Korea and China is crucial both militarily and politically to South Korea.

A demonstration of Raytheon’s thruster valve and nozzle will inform final design of Aerojet Rocketdyne DACS for the MDA’s future NGI.

General Atomics targets completion of testing of UK’s new Protector UAS by end of 2022.

Three governments have already approved funding the multibillion-euro development.