Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile designed to evade and defeat air defense systems, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force said on Nov. 10.

The U.S. will send four Boeing AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense systems to Ukraine as part of the latest batch of $400 million in aid, along with additional Stinger missiles and munitions for Hawk air defenses.

Members of the UK’s DragonFire consortium developing a high-power directed energy weapon are gearing up for tests that will see the laser used in operationally representative scenarios.

The approval covers 18 M57 ATACMS pods for the Baltic country, along with eight M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers. 

The launch of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 from a 352nd Special Operations Wing MC-130J off the cost of Norway came during the annual ATREUS exercise.

China continues to tease its air launch munition advancements and capabilities at the Zhuhai Airshow here, this time featuring at least three new systems, including a never-before-seen standoff weapon, the AKF98A.

The Pentagon is consulting with Ukraine on how to integrate Western, NATO standard air defense systems with its existing stock of Soviet-era systems as the first U.S.-provided advanced ground-to-air missile systems have arrived in the country’s war with Russia.

Give the Ukrainian military Saab Gripen C/D fighters and Textron Systems CBU-105 Sensor Fused Weapon munitions soon, a UK-based defense think-tank recommends.